Have you tried rerunning lilo as root? On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 05:49, Joe Nestlerode wrote: > Hello, > > After a more or less routine upgrade from 7.1 to 7.3, the system now > locks up w/ the dreaded "LI". (I can boot just fine w/ a boot disk and > have a fully functional system.) > > It's my understanding that this has something to do w/ the MBR and the > 1024 cylinder limit? LILO worked fine in 7.1, giving me the choice of > booting into a Windoze NT installation on hda1 (which I cannot access at > all now) or into the default Linux. > > I'm guessing that LILO must have been installed somewhere other than the > MBR before the upgrade (I don't recall- I set the partitions up w/ > 'Partition Magic' over a year ago). During the upgrade, I just went w/ > the recommended "default" LILO installation, and I guess this must have > messed things up. > > How do I fix this now? Do I need to remove LILO from the MBR and write > it elsewhere? If so, how is this done? Any advice would be greatly > appreciated. (I do, unfortunately, need to access the NT installation > from time to time for work-related tasks. Otherwise, I'd be fine w/ > just booting from a floppy, since I almost never shutdown.) > > Thanks in advance, > > Joe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Carl D. Blake Director of Engineering Boeckeler Instruments, Inc. 4650 S. Butterfield Dr. Tucson, AZ 85714
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