Re: Help: Screwed up LILO MBR
Tim Wood <tleathley@nospam.yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi everyone,
>
> sorry if this is a bit of a saga but please bear with me.
>
> [snip]
>
> Can anybody suggest a way to get back Win98 on /dev/hda1 and, more to
> the point, suggest a way to be able to boot /dev/ha1, /dev/hda5 and
> /dev/hda2?
Apart from `man lilo` and `zless /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz`
(or similar) you mean ;-)?
Boot into debian (I don't know RH, that's why) from a floppy and
change /etc/lilo.conf to read along the following lines:
boot=/dev/hda
delay=20
default=Win98
image=/vmlinuz
label=Debian
root=/dev/hda2
image=/vmlinuz
label=RedHat
root=/dev/hda5
other=/dev/hda1
label=Win98
You probably don't want to touch what is already there and replace
/vmlinuz with the appropriate value for your RedHat system. If all
that's done, run `/sbin/lilo -t` to see if the config file is OK and
then `/sbin/lilo -s`. You're done.
When rebooting you have 2 seconds (20 deciseconds) at the LILO prompt
to hit a shift, ctrl or alt key. Hit the tab key to get a list of
options or just enter one of the labels you stuck in /etc/lilo.conf.
That should get you booted into what you want, barring major goofs
from me.
Hope that helps,
--
Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
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