On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 07:56:38PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was about to give up when it wouldn't boot at all, not even in > maintenance mode. But somebody found me a workaround -- rerunning lilo > from the other system.
I've always kept a grub-disk around for such times. Once I get my new computer up and running (my first with USB, and no floppy), I hope to make a grub-usb stick (a grub version of the hd-media etch install). > > Also, there's the matter of pride. I've said too much here about not > having to reinstall Debian. Whereas I've had to reinstall Windows > several times, until the last time I couldn't install it any more. It > just categorically refused to accept the partition it had been installed > in before. > > Ah yes. Pride goeth before the crash. Its also a matter of learning. Anyone can learn to reinstall at the first glitch. When one is on slow dialup, one has an incentive... Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
