On 5 Jul 1999, chen shapira wrote: > Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2. I tried to use LILO to multi-boot into either HDD (the other one runs > MS-DOS) and > > at first it was quite ok, but after two days or so it started > malfunctioning, putting 'L 01 > > 01 01 01 01 01 01...' on the screen whenever the computer boots and refusing > to do > > anything else. > > I used the compact and linear options in the lilo.conf file when it was > still working ok > > (other wise it was failing) and I didn't change anything when it went wrong. > can > > someone tell me what I can do ? I currently boot either from diskette, or > with > > 'loadlin.exe' . > > probably a corrupt bit in your MBR, try formating the mbr and reinstalling > LILO. > > Tell me if I helped. > can I format just the MBR ? I did 'fdisk /mbr' from dos and reinstalled LILO , but didn't help - is there anyother way to format the MBR w/o the rest of the disk ? Oded -- "Situation normal, just a minor weapons malfunction, we're all fine here... How are you?" -- an un-succesful attempt at CON. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]