On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Alvin Oga wrote: This seems to a camplete description how to do it. Thank you very much.
I'll try it after a couple of days when I'll have time for it. Thanks for the others as well, who responded! - hv > > Is it possible to put lilo in mbr without installing the whole thing > > again? (lilo package is there already installed.) > > > > How to do it? > > Additional info: > http://www.linux.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html > file:/usr/doc/lilo*/ > > a. create a dos/windows boot floppy with fdisk.exe ( important ) > > create a backup linux boot floppy... > dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-xxxxx of=/dev/fd0 > > b. now try your lilo experiments > > root# vi /etc/lilo.conf: > # > # Dual boot > # > boot=/dev/hda > # > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > prompt > timeout=50 > # > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12 ( whatever kernel you want/have ) > label=linux-2.2.12 > root=/dev/hda1 > read-only > # append="mem=128M" > # > # Windows 98 > # > other=/dev/hda1 > table=/dev/hda > label=Win98 > # > # end of file > > root# lilo ( run lilo ) > > reboot... hit [tab] at lilo prompt to see what you can boot > > if you(lilo) get stuck....use dos/windows to "fdisk /mbr" and > try to fix the lilo.conf file again > > have fun > alvin
