Re: Floppy Setup

["C.J.LAWSON" <C.J.Lawson@Cranfield.ac.uk>]

Hi,
	Try running the dos fdisk program with the mbr option "fdisk /mbr"
(Be carefullllll) and then re-install lilo on the Master boot record ...
That should do the trick.  


On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote:

> 
>  I recently installed Debian Linux from floppies. Now when the system
>  loads, I directly boots into DOS. I have to use the "Custom Boot Disk"
>  to boot the system into Linux. Is this the bootup mechanism with
>  floopy based installations? I don't even get the LILO propmpt to enter
>  the OS name.
>  
>  Thanks.
>  
>  Dinesh
> 
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Jonathan Lawson
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