Re: lilo

["Silver" <silver@royal.net>]

Get a new boot disk (or better yet a bootable cdrom), and load the kernel
with the option "root=/dev/xxx" appended on the command line.

Silver
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefaans Mostert" <stefaans@pop.co.za>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 5:59 PM
Subject: lilo


> Hi all
>
> Well I was wondering can one transfer lilo onto a stiffy and boot from
> that?
>
> Scenario:
> You reinstall windows (wich is on the same drive as linux) and it
> overwrites your mbr.After wich you suddenly and to your horror discover
> that the dog lying in the corner looks so content beacause he has just
> devouered you bootdisk!!
>
> What now?
> I realize you will need lilo.conf in there somewhere to specify your
> root partition.
>
> I am not searching the mail archives (witch I normally do) but posting
> to all my groups beacause this is an emergency.
> So forgive me if it was already explained
>
> Cheers from sunny South-Africa
>
> Stefaans
>
>
>
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