dalee Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Hi, A quick question. I need to re-install Win98 on a dual boot machine. To repair LiLo after I'm done, I need to boot from my rescue disk and then just run /sbin/lilo right? Or am I not understanding what I'm reading correctly. Thanks, dalee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Just insert CD1, press f -1, for other options, type rescue, you will see an option there to re-install lilo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aru Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 After booting from your rescue disk, and before running /sbin/lilo you need to be sure that you are executing the harddisk lilo with the harddisks /etc/lilo.conf parameters and not the rescue-disk lilo. So: cd /mnt (or wherever is mounted your harddisk) chroot . /sbin/lilo HTH EDITED: (anon is faster) That was true for 8.1; and for any booting linux distro --knoppix...--, so things might have changed with the mdk-rescue disks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalee Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Thanks guys! You'd think that running Windows for just 2 programs (CAD/CAM) it would behave itself :roll: dalee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 things might have changed with the mdk-rescue disks :) They have, :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aru Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Thanks guys! You'd think that running Windows for just 2 programs (CAD/CAM) it would behave itself :roll: dalee why dont you try any of those Linux CADs instead? try google, there are many They have, ;) They might, but I'm very happy with my old 8.1 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 It's also a good idea to uninstall lilo before installing windows. You can boot into Linux and type lilo -U /dev/hda (assuming you installed lilo to your mbr) When you boot off the win98 cd, it should just find everything to be what it expects. A normal drive with a normal mbr (from a win98 perspective). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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