RE: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-23 Thread Andrew Pollock
> I've made this mistake too! > > LILO should have backed up the boot sector of /dev/hda1 to > /boot/boot.0301. So, this incantation of dd should get things back the > way they were: > dd if=/boot/boot.0301 of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 That is so cool. It fixed it good and proper. Thankyou so much

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-22 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Fri, 20 Aug, 1999 à 09:07:38PM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:08:31PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > > I installed Linux on /dev/hdb and inadvertantly set boot=/dev/hda1 instead > > of /dev/hda in /etc/lilo.conf and now I'm having trouble booting that > > partition (a W

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya try the following /etc/lilo.conf - note...you can boot anything ( on any other drives ) from hda... ie even if you have Win95 on /dev/hda1 and linux on /dev/hdb1 - fdisk /mbr fixes it too...but...you still have to boot linux # # Dual Boot config # # see /usr/doc/lilo-* f

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Kelly Lesperance
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the MBR is fine, the partition boot record > is what's corrupted. well, I don't think it's corrupt, LILO is just trying to load it as a ext2 partition, instead of a FAT partition.. if you overwrite the MBR with a DOS one, Windows will load. I guess an alternate meth

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Stephen Pitts
> got a Win95 boot disk? try running 'fdisk /mbr' and rebooting... it should > replace the MBR with a Win95 compatible one. (you'll have to use a Linux > boot disk to boot your linux system and attempt to configure LILO again > though) > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the MBR is fine, the partiti

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 12:08:31PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Hi, > > I have a PC with two hard drives, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb > > I installed Linux on /dev/hdb and inadvertantly set boot=/dev/hda1 instead > of /dev/hda in /etc/lilo.conf and now I'm having trouble booting that > partition (a W

Re: Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Kelly Lesperance
- Original Message - From: Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 10:08 PM Subject: Small faux pas with LILO > Hi, > > I have a PC with two hard drives, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb > > I installed Linux on /dev/hdb and inadvertantly set b

Small faux pas with LILO

1999-08-21 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I have a PC with two hard drives, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb I installed Linux on /dev/hdb and inadvertantly set boot=/dev/hda1 instead of /dev/hda in /etc/lilo.conf and now I'm having trouble booting that partition (a Windows 95 partition). Have I done inrepairable damage to that partition or can