[PLUG] lilo problem

meuserj meuserj@purdue.edu
Fri, 18 Feb 2000 15:16:11 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Richard June wrote:

Although, if you didn't make a boot disk, you're skrewed, unless you:


Get linux load 95:

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/dos/linux_load95.zip

And explore2fs:

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/explore2fs/explore2fs-1.00-pre2.zip


Use explore2fs to get to your current kernel and copy it to Win98.  Then
using this kernel and linux_load95, you can boot straight into linux.
Then you can run lilo and all is good with the world again.

		John


> Boot from your boot disk, then run lilo from the prompt if I remember
> correctly.
> 
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Scott Tenaglia wrote:
> 
> > I'm having a problem with lilo.  I installed red had 6.0 a couple of months 
> > ago.  Lilo was booting between Linux and another operating system(Hint: 
> > begins with a "W" and ends with a "98").  Of course I ran into a problem 
> > with this other operating system and had to reinstall it.  Now the only way 
> > I can get into my linux partition is to use the bootdisk I have.  I need to 
> > know how to just reinstall lilo.
> > 
> > Thanks
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