lilo problems

marccu · 10-03-2003, 07:07 AM

hi... i used to dual boot redhat and xp..

yesterday i repartitioned my hard disk wiping clean

my entire linux partition coz i want to switch to slackware..

today i installed slackware but cant seem to be able to boot

into it because the lilo that redhat installed still persists and it

doesnt provide a slackware choice but instead still offers the red

hat like ( which goes no where anymore coz i removed it )

XavierP · 10-03-2003, 07:14 AM

With a Windows bootdisk:

boot from disk
type fdisk /mbr and hit enter
you will then need to reboot and install lilo (you'll need to boot from your linux bootdisk or install cd to do this)

marccu · 10-03-2003, 07:58 AM

oh.. thanks! one more thing.. is it possible to tri boot xp-redhat-slackware?

XavierP · 10-03-2003, 09:36 AM

Yes. If you do a search, that question has come up several times recently. There should be enough info in the posts to get you started.

marccu · 10-03-2003, 11:09 PM

boot from disk
type fdisk /mbr and hit enter
you will then need to reboot and install lilo (you'll need to boot from your linux bootdisk or install cd to do this

--- is there any other way i could do this without using a boot disk? apparently... im unable to boot into my usb floppy disk drive.

dalek · 10-03-2003, 11:12 PM

Can you boot from the CD. I think there is a rescue mode in there somewhere.

Sorry, Mandrake user. Can't be to specific.

marccu · 10-03-2003, 11:20 PM

boot from the xp cd? i tried booting using slackware cd and running the fdisk there.. tried out fdisk /mbr but it gives and error about not being able to find /mbr...

dalek · 10-03-2003, 11:26 PM

Me Mandrake user. I'm getting ready for Slackware though. Got the CD's. You may have to boot from a linux floppy to fix that. I can boot from my Mandrake CD and fix on mine but Slackware isn't bootable if I recall correctly.

May want to see if someone else jumps in to help. Slackware user maybe. Sorry.

Someone help.

marccu · 10-04-2003, 12:44 AM

got it to work! thanks! im now tri booting mandrake 9.1 slackware and windows.. and trying to get some more space to accomodate redhat perhaps.. =)

dalek · 10-04-2003, 12:51 AM

You sound like me. I want Mandrake 9.2, Slackware 9, Gentoo 1.4, Linux from Scratch and a couple of others to.

Need bigger drive, much bigger drive. Also need DSL. Here comes that rant again. Better go.

Later