I tried all of them. But none of them work. The problem is how can I mount my /dev/hda2 to /root. when I try this, I got the msg "must be a block device". any more idea?
thanks a lot
Ben
>From: Rolf Heckemann
>Reply-To: soundray@ic.ac.uk
>To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: possible to restore damaged Lilo in MBR
>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:37:56 +0100
>
>On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 12:37:30PM -0700, Mike Alborn wrote:
> > > After reinstalled win2k, I can no longer access
> > > my existing Linux installation. Sadly, I didn't create a boot disk.
> >
> > I don't know if this will work out of w2k, but it's worth a shot. Note this
> > will only work if you can boot the machine from a floppy, and if you know
> > the location of your root partition (/dev/hda1 etc)
> >
> > - First, go to a debian mirror site, say
> >
> > http://mirror.direct.ca/pub/linux/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.23-2001-04-15/images-1.44/
> >
> > and get the file called rescue.bin
> >
> > - Head to mirror.direct.ca/pub/liunx/debian/tools and get rawrite1.zip or
> > rawrite2.zip (these are programs to let you do a dd from dos.)
> >
> > - unpack rawrite and use it to dump the rescue.bin image onto a blank floppy.
> > - Reboot the machine from the floppy at the boot: prompt, type
> > rescue root= hit F1/F3 for help.
> >
> > -Once the machine boots, mount the boot partition (if you have a seperate one),
> > set up your /etc/lilo.conf (if needed),invoke /sbin/lilo, and restart the
> > machine from the hard disk.
> >
> > I use a similar method whenever my MBR gets trashed, except I have a Mandrake
> > CD lying around, which works along the same lines.
> >
> > BTW, if you don't know the location of your root partition, and you can find
> > a Mandrake CD or something that works similarly, the CD has a self-contained
> > installation on it, allowing you to mount filesystems and determine which one's
> > the root.
> >
> > > thanks a lot for any tip.
> >
> > No prob. Hope this does the trick.
>
>It probably will - I have been through this exact procedure a few
>times. However, I recommend having a look at grub. If you create a
>grub boot disk, you have a fast and flexible way of booting different
>Linux kernels and other OS's, no matter where they reside on your hard
>disk(s). Grub will even let you have reiserfs on your root and boot
>partitions (don't know if LILO is ready for that yet).
>
>To Benjamin Zhou: I can make a grub bootdisk image and email it to you
>if you like (it's 48 kB gzipped).
>
>All the best
>
>Rolf
>
>
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>Rolf Heckemann
>
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