Re: How to make useful boot disk (was: Re: How to get rid of LILO)

2000-11-30 Thread Jiri Klouda
> Then insert new floppy and proceed as root: > > mke2fs /dev/fd0 > mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /floppy > cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/boot.b /boot/mbr.b /floppy/ > cp /root/lilo-fd.conf /root/fixmbr /bin/dd /bin/sash /floppy/ > mkdir /floppy/dev > mknod /floppy/dev/hda b 3 0 > chmod 666 /floppy/dev/hda > c

How to make useful boot disk (was: Re: How to get rid of LILO)

2000-11-30 Thread Jiri Klouda
> > > fdisk /mbr (undocumented feature of fdisk) > > > does the trick. > > > > > > Joop > > > > Just wondering, is there a linux way to do this? > > -samuel > > Yes... but only if you still have linux intact... > Lilo saves a copy of your bootsector on first install. > this can be recovered with

Re: How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread George Kecskemeti
Hi. You need to fdisk /mbr, with the windows version of fdisk. I think. --

Re: How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Janssen
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Samuel Hathaway wrote: > >> laptop:). Anyway I repartitioned and reformated the > >> drive but when I > >> try to boot from the hard disk it prints: > >> > >> LI > >> > >> to the screen and then hangs. I think this is > >> residual from LILO, at > >> least that's my be

Re: How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread Samuel Hathaway
aba wrote: > --- Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> HI All, >> I'm trying to reinstall Win98 on my laptop (don't >> worry I just want a >> little practice using fips so that I can install >> Debian on a friends >> laptop:). Anyway I repartitioned and reformated the >> drive but when I

Re: How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread aba
--- Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI All, > I'm trying to reinstall Win98 on my laptop (don't > worry I just want a > little practice using fips so that I can install > Debian on a friends > laptop:). Anyway I repartitioned and reformated the > drive but when I > try to boot from th

Re: How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread Craige McWhirter
>From a win98/dos floppy: fdisk /mbr On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 04:26:45 Andrew D Dixon wrote: > HI All, > I'm trying to reinstall Win98 on my laptop (don't worry I just want a > little practice using fips so that I can install Debian on a friends > laptop:). Anyway I repartitioned and reformated the d

How to get rid of LILO

2000-11-30 Thread Andrew D Dixon
HI All, I'm trying to reinstall Win98 on my laptop (don't worry I just want a little practice using fips so that I can install Debian on a friends laptop:). Anyway I repartitioned and reformated the drive but when I try to boot from the hard disk it prints: LI to the screen and then hangs.