I can't get into WinXP!

Mr_Floppy4 · 10-17-2002, 02:20 PM

It's not in lilo. Is there anyway I can add it? I can't get into Linux right now, read my other topic for info about that. I really need some help.

Mr_Floppy4

Thymox · 10-17-2002, 02:23 PM

You'll probably find things much easier to sort once you've got Linux up and running. If you really need to boot into XP until you can get Linux going properly, then may I present you with XOSL

Mara · 10-17-2002, 02:26 PM

Yes. There's a way. Please follow the steps from http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
It's about NT, but the methods works perfectly with XP, too. The difference is that you should log to lLinux, make a bootdisk (if you don't have one) and then uninstall LILO (lilo -u) , modify it to start from your Linux partition (in /etc/lilo.conf change boot=/dev/hda to something like root=/dev/hda5, where you should write one of your Linux partitions), then install Lilo with the new configuration (lilo) and do the dd part and the rest described in the HOWTO.