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Re: lost lilo





Udi Finkelstein wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Dec 1998 17:48:12 +0200, Simcha Rothman <rothmar@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I recently installed win98 on top of my Win95.
> >the installation erased the lilo boot that was on my boot record
> >i tried starting linux with the loadlin command found on red hat cdrom
> >but the command reported : Kernel Panic could not mount root FS
> >I tried to make a  boot disk with Rawrite and the same accrued.
> >any Idea Anyone???
> Yes. You need a floppy rescue boot disk. I highly recommend tomsrtbt (look for
> it in freshmeat, as I can't remember the URL).
>
> Download the DOS distribution, which starts from LOADLIN and prompts you for a
> floppy, which is then formatted for 1.72MB, and contains a complete Linux
> system with all the tools needed for a rescue disk.
>
> boot your computer with the floppy, mount your root partition, and re-run lilo
> with the -r parameter to select your root. reboot, and you're done.
>
> NOTE: I *think* your Win95/98 setup should also boot, if it worked before you
> upgraded to 98.(did the boot sector change from Win95 to Win98??).
>
> >Thanks
> >
> >Simcha
>
> Udi

Where is this freshmeat site ??