Thanks for the replies! Just posting an update while I try stuff and search for more help on-line as needed. Got the tomsrtbt floppy and booted off it (unable to create this floppy from Windows as there is no true DOS mode anymore - why doesn't a rawrite version exist?) Figure I'll go in there and chroot and re lilo it. I see both those commands are part of the tomsrtbt floppy suite - now just to figure out the actual sequence and syntax. - Zake
--> From: Jeff Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:50 PM --> --> Most certainly the cause of this was not re-running lilo. --> --> Basically all you have to do is boot the thing, mount it, --> chroot to where you --> mounted it, and type "lilo". Of course, given your issues with --> getting media --> loaded, that's going to be a tricky bit, but if you can get --> past that you --> certainly shouldn't need to reinstall. --> --> -Jeff --> From: Uncurbed --> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:28 PM --> --> From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:18 PM --> --> If you have another linux box (or a Knoppix CD) you might want --> to try chrooting into you install and repairing it. A --> dpkg-reconfigure kernel-image... might help. If it works and --> you can boot again it might be that you need to repeat this to --> rebuild the initrd, but i'm only guessing (it won't hurt anyway). --> --> If you need some basic pointers for the chroot i can help. --> --> Good luck --> Andrei --> From: Uncurbed --> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:28 PM --> Seems like the LILO bootloader is corrupt, you any Knoppix cd and fix --> the MBR, if you don't have a CD try 'tomsrtbt' (a boot floppy --> with Linux on) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
