On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 17:41:47 -0400, Zach wrote: > Hi, > > I am running a dual boot system (Debian "testing" with 2.4.27 kernel > and Windows 98 SE) and I was using LILO to give me a boot menu. Well > recently I had to reinstall Windows 98 and it installed it's loader > into the MBR so my Linux boot block in the MBR was wiped out and now > LILO menu doesn't come up - it just boots directly into the Windows 98 > menu. > > In the past when I was running 2.2.20-idepci kernel I was able to get > back into my Debian system using the Debian Install Disk 1 and at the > boot prompt typing : "rescue root=/dev/hda2" (Windows 98 partition is > /dev/hda1), however it seems this no longer works since I upgraded to > the 2.4.27 kernel. It complains about "kernel is too old" or something > to that effect. I used a Morphix (Debian based live CD distro) disc > and was able to mount /dev/hda2 but it won't let me run lilo (there is > no LILO installed with Morphix), I need a way to boot into my Debian > system and run LILO so it reads my /etc/lilo.conf and writes a boot > block into the BIOS' MBR (master boot record). Can someone please tell > me explicitly how to do this???
You need to mount your root partition and chroot into it. An example for using Knoppix as a rescue CD: http://tinyurl.com/ldwn8 (This points to the relevant section of the wiki on www.knoppix.net; I used tinyurl.com since the original link is almost 300 characters long.) -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
