[ltp] Partially killed my TP: Quick question, hopefully someone has a quick answer...

[Norman Levin]

Bill Mair wrote:
>> --On Sunday, August 25, 2002 08:06:26 PM -0500 Norman Levin
>> <normanlevin@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Bill Mair wrote:
>> 
>> <SNIP/>
>> 
>>>>> system partition". BTW the A22P didn't come with a CD, so if the
>>>>> HD 
>> 
>> <SNIP/>
>> 
>>> ** many of the problems you had with lilo in the MBR could have been
>>> avoided by booting from the rescue CD's.  Just have to set the boot
>>> list to CD and NOT do the 'temporary selection of boot device'. 
>>> The cd is rebooted several times and if you do NOT have the CD set
>>> up in the boot list, you will boot from the hard disk and strange
>>> things will happen. 
>>> 
>>> Yes, the restore does NOT fix the MBR. Makes you wonder what you
>>> would do if that was one of the reasons you were doing the
>>> 'recovery' norm
>> 
>> I don't have a rescue CD. There is only a rescue image on the HD :-(
>> 
>> There was no other way but to kill and restore lilo..... I had
>> actually hoped
>> that the disk would just boot the rescue partition, but no, it re-
>> wrote the MBR, so that I could select the rescue process.
>> 
>> Bill
None of the new laptops come with a restore CD.  However, if you call your
TP support number at IBM and tell them you REALLY need it - you will get it.
norm


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