LILO problem

rinku · 03-07-2005, 09:15 AM

hello all

i have installed the linux(redhat release 9).whenever i install
the windows after installing the linux the LILO automatically
removes and only the windows option appears for booting.

so how i recovers LILO tell me exact steps of recovery

and also give me steps of dual booting. How to dual boot with lilo?

i am very very thankful to you intelligent guy.

my linux is on /dev/hda5

Boow · 03-07-2005, 11:29 AM

install windows first then linux or you could install lilo to your distros root partition and use a boot disk or you could use ntldr to boot linux. Lots of options do your research google works wonders.

rinku · 03-08-2005, 04:11 AM

hello all

i have installed the linux(redhat release 9).whenever i install
the windows after installing the linux the LILO automatically
removes and only the windows option appears for booting.

so how i recovers LILO tell me exact steps of recovery

and also give me steps of dual booting. How to dual boot with lilo?

i am very very thankful to you intelligent guy.

my linux is on /dev/hda5

Boow · 03-08-2005, 09:50 AM

Thats why you install windows first. if you install linux first then windows it over writes the mbr. did you make a boot disk when you installed linux. if you dont have a bootdisk.

boot your first install cd.

type linux rescue at the boot prompt

it will scan for your redhat partition select it

it will mount your redhat partition in /mnt/sysimage

chroot /mnt/sysimage

doen't redhat install grub by default

/sbin/lilo if lilo does work than
grub-install /dev/hda

ctrl+d

reboot besure to remove cd

post back if it worked