[ltp] reinstalling LILO (RHL+i1460)

[Matthew Turner]

If you don't have a boot diskette, you can "refresh" the install (just add
one package or something) if you have Linux install media (like Redhat 6.2,
etc.) on CD. Just boot on it and go through the usual prompts...customize
the package list. That will put LILO back (I ran into that installing
Windows 2000). If you have access to Partition Magic you can use Boot Magic
to restore it as well.




"José Antonio Milke G." <gerencia@ovoplus.com> on 12/05/2000 01:14:32 PM

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Hello:
I know this may not be a specific problem for this machine, but here it
goes...
Briefly, under Win98, I ran Norton Antivirus, on which I accidentally
said to repair the boot sector. After rebooting, only "LI" appeared as a
prompt, and the machine froze. So, I had to boot under DOS and use fdisk
/mbr, which left my machine with my previous Boot Manager (from OS/2).
However, whenever I try to run fdisk from OS/2 (so as to add Linux to the
menu), the program crashes.

In short, how can I restore Lilo to the MBR? Unfortunately I didn't make
a rescue disk, though I have other Linux machines running the same RHL
6.2.

TIA

Jose Antonio Milke
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