[PLUG] Dual Boot

[Matthew Laurence Wirges]

>From the FAQ on the website:
http://plug.purdue.org/FAQ/linux/For_some_reason_lilo_is_no_longer_working_and_I_cannot_start_linux._Help.php
=>
use a slack boot disk, and at the lilo prompt type:
vmlinuz root=/dev/sda0 (or whatever yours is, if your not sure type df and
it will tell what devices the partions are on)
then once it boots (either normally or in maintenance mode, type
$ /sbin/lilo
and it should fixed it.

However being SCSI, you may run into trouble, but I don't think so...
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Brent Meshier wrote:

> My current setup:  Linux Mandrake 7.2 & Win98 dual boot.  Linux is on my
> SCSI drive, and Win98 on my IDE.  I have my bootloader on the MBR of the
> IDE, which my system reads from on boot.  Now here is my question.  I'd
> like to format my IDE, and install Windows 2000, however I'm afraid
> Windows will overwrite my bootloader and I'll no longer be able to get
> into Linux.  Can someone tell me for sure?  And if this is the case,
> what is the remedy?  Or does Linux ALWAYS have to be installed after
> Windows?
>
> --Brent
>
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