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Luis Q. R.

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Registered: 2003-02-20

Posts: 106

Reinstall Lilo.

I had to reinstall Win2K because it was giving me problems. I knew it was going to erase Lilo so I made a bootdisk:

cd /usr/src/linux
make bzdisk

so I could make "lilo -v" later. But when I turned on the pc with that bootdisk, all it was giving me was a lot of numbers. I tried the three installation floppies, but even if I chroot to my Linux partition, lilo can't find the real lilo.conf file. Does someone has an idea?

kakabaratruskia

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2003-08-24

Posts: 596

Re: Reinstall Lilo.

You can boot to you're linux partition with the arch install cd, and there fix lilo.
Boot with the CD, and in the boot prompt type:
linux root=/dev/discs/disc-/part-, and you will boot with the cd kernel.

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Luis Q. R.

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Registered: 2003-02-20

Posts: 106

Re: Reinstall Lilo.

I don't have the installation cd. I've tried it with the ftp installation floppies, but that command is not available. Can't I do something with them, or do I have to download that cd?

zen_guerrilla

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From: Greece

Registered: 2002-12-22

Posts: 259

Re: Reinstall Lilo.

I've never used the boot floopies, but I think they include mount & chroot commands, so boot with them, mount your root partition in /mnt (& your boot partition - if you have - on /mnt/boot), then do

mount /dev /mnt/dev -o bind
mount /proc /mnt/proc -o bind
chroot /mnt /bin/bash

Then simply 'lilo -v && exit' & reboot .

Luis Q. R.

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Registered: 2003-02-20

Posts: 106

Re: Reinstall Lilo.

That wasn't right, those directories do not exist. I'll download that cd tonight.

hApy

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-04-13

Posts: 194

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Re: Reinstall Lilo.

boot with the ftp disks and enter

arch root=/dev/discs/<disc#>/<part#>

when it asks you to add boot options for the kernel.

I believe that is what I use, anyways.

Hapy.