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Old 05-28-2004, 05:40 PM   #1
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Fixing Boot Loader


Ok... so i have 2 different hd's. one for xp, one for linux. my xp hd crashed..... so i reinstalled xp. which wrote over the lilo boot loader... so how do i fix this?
 
Old 05-28-2004, 05:42 PM   #2
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use a boot floppy, live distro cd, or install cd to boot into linux. from command line, run

su root
(password)
/sbin/lilo


that should do it.
 
Old 05-28-2004, 05:54 PM   #3
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cool... thx.
 
  


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