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bobbinbrisco 07-28-2001 11:41 PM

reinstall LILO?
 
i installed q3a demo to redhat 7.0 and tried to run it but i just got a blank screen, so i decided to restart the computer as root using my reset button on my computer.

but when the computer tried to run LILO the screen just came up with

LI

and i couldn't boot to linux nor win2k. with desperation i decided to fdisk /mbr . because of this i got rid of LILO and the computer boots straight into win2k. now i can't get into linux. i didn't create a linux boot disk during install. how can i get back to linux?

DavidPhillips 07-29-2001 12:09 AM

You can download a boot disk.

System upgrade should be an option if you have the bootable cd.

linuxcool 07-29-2001 05:14 PM

Go here and use this info to get back into linux and rerun the command /sbin/lilo to restore lilo to the mbr. And don't forget to make a boot disk.

bobbinbrisco 08-01-2001 12:08 AM

i tried restoring LILO but there was an error telling me that LILO would be in the cylinder range >1023. so i just repartioned my HD to installed redhat again

acid_kewpie 08-01-2001 05:46 AM

" i tried restoring LILO but there was an error telling me that LILO would be in the cylinder range >1023. so i just repartioned my HD to installed redhat again "

does this not imply that LILO is trying to install itself onto a partiton boot sector, and not the MBR of the drive?

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