Re: LiLo installing
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 12:30:30AM +0200, HNO3 wrote:
> Hello.
> How i can install lilo when i have system like this:
> there is Win98 installed at hda
> and linux is in hdb, without boot partition. (only 2 linux partions and swap)
> Now i have a boot disk and i put it in when i want to start up linux.
>
> How i can install lilo (or something similar boot menu) if i don't want to
> lose data on my disks?
Assuming /dev/hdb1 is your root partition add or change the following to
your /etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hdb1
prompt
This will overwrite the boot sector on /dev/hda. The boot sector on hda
can be restored to its pre-LILO self by running "lilo -u" as root.
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Seneca
seneca-cunningham@rogers.com
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