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hello all.
hopefully sum1 can help me....
I had a dual boot of linux and windows 2000. OS boot was chosen
via a lilo boot menu..
however I had to format my c: drive.... linux is on another phyiscal drive so t still exists.
after re-installing windows 2000 and starting my machine the LILO menu no longer appers and boots straight into windows....
can any1 tell me how i can get back my lilo menu and hence boot into linux....
thanks in advance....
If your CD drive is bootable, and if you have a recent distro, you should be able to use your install CD in "rescue" mode. Usually, that involves hitting the F1 key at boot up and entering:
rescue
at the prompt. From there you may even have an option to reinstall Lilo without having to get into your Linux space.
Windoze 2000 always rewrite the MBR no matter if it is on the second HD... So your gentle Win2000 killed LILO. Try to boot with your installation cd (at prompt, type something like : root=/dev/hdXX ro
If you don't have a linux floopy or a installation cd, you have a problem. I don't know how you installed Linux first, but you will probably need to reinstall. Or to download an image of the installation cd from the web.
Or maybe you should try to find a "multi boot progs" that support linux?
linux was already installed when i received the laptop.... unfortunatly re-installng is not really an option..... there has to be some alternative .....
bloody windows......
anyways..... problem still not fixed....
i installed a boot loader...
when i installed it ... on boot up it detected partitions and all that but the only thing it wud boot was crappy windows..my distro is linux rock... .. do i actually need a bootable iso image form them or will any distro do??
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I think any distro will do as long as it has a rescue mode. I know redhat does, maybe they all do. Pop it in and power up choose rescue mode and mount your linux HD.
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