Thank you all. it worked! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tzafrir Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lior Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Linux-IL mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Win2k/Mandrake 8.1 problem
> On Tue, 21 May 2002, Lior Hammer wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I have a system running Mandrake 8.1 and Win2k. > > first, i installed win2k. > > after that, i installed Mandrake. > > because of a problem, i reinstalled win2k. > > The probem: > > w2k remove Lilo(!) > > how could i restore it? > > The standard convention here is: > > 1. boot into your system > > 2. run lilo (/sbin/lilo) > > You may now safely reboot to linux > > The difficult part of the process is, of course, (1). > Mandrake's installation CD, at least of version 8.1, is a very useful > rescue "floppy". Does quite a good job at automating the process of > mounting your old system: > > 1.1. boot your system from the first installation CD > 1.2. press Esc or F1 to get to a Lilo: prompt. Write there "rescue" and > press Enter > 1.3. if all goes well, after a minute r so (or maybe a bit longer) you get > a rescue system, with your original system mounted under /mnt . run: > > chroot /mnt /bin/bash > > you should now have a root shell on your original system > > 2. run: > > > lilo > > 3.1. run: > > exit > > 3.2. run: > > reboot > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= 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]
