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Old 10-16-2004, 10:30 AM   #1
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how to boot mandrake from rescue console?


Hey guys,
Having trouble booting mdk. Lilo is trying to boot hda5 but running lsparts in the rescue console shows that mdk is definately on hda6. how do i boot that partition from the console. I really need to get it running.

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Old 10-17-2004, 06:19 AM   #2
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Edit /etc/lilo.conf find the entry you have wrong and change /dev/hda5 with /dev/hda6
 
  


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