Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:39:37PM -0900, Andy wrote: > > > Just boot from your CD and fix lilo. > > > > "fix lilo" is a large black box with "pandora" written all > > over it. > > Understood and my apologies to the debian-user list. > > At the time, I did not see any respones to his question so

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread Andy
> > Just boot from your CD and fix lilo. > > "fix lilo" is a large black box with "pandora" written all over > it. > > that's not a helluva lot of information. it's a good idea to > choose one of two options: > > 1) respond with assistance or inquiries, > or > 2) don't respond. > > given the nature

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-27 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 08:57:41AM -0900, Andy wrote: > > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > > etc. The only thing i h

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:22:46PM +0100, Jernej Zidar wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? Type lilo as root. You probably want to read the dual-boot howtos on how to keep Windows bootable as

M$ curse - SOLVED

2003-01-25 Thread Jernej Zidar
With the generous help of many people i've managed to restore my little Debian box. JZidar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread nate
Robert L. Harris said: > If it doesn't like your filesystem boot off the CD and start a > re-install. When it gets to the point of formatting your hard drive hit > alt-F2 and follow the directions to get a prompt. this makes a pretty big assumption that the kernels on the debian CD are compadib

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Philipp
needed lines to boot windows. 7) execute lilo: lilo Thats all. Good Luck, Philipp - Original Message - From: "Jernej Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:22 PM Subject: M$ Curse > After a

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 07:22, Jernej Zidar wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i have is the

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Burkhard Ritter
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Jernej Zidar wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i have is the Debian

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread nate
Jernej Zidar said: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i have is the Debian 3.0r0 CD set. > > the l

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Andy
> After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i have is the Debian 3.0r0 CD set. Just boot from your CD and fi

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:22:46PM +0100, Jernej Zidar wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? boot from cd, with cmd line "rescue root=/dev/hd??" then run lilo. [or better, instead of running lilo, a

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 14:22:46 +0100 "Jernej Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? You just need a kernel which can mount the drive on a rescue disk. Something that

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Robert L. Harris
Want the cheap and easy way? Boot off Debian CD1. At the prompt try: rescbf24 root=/dev/hda (whatever your root is) If it boots execute lilo. If it doesn't like your filesystem boot off the CD and start a re-install. When it gets to the point of formatting your hard drive hit alt-F2 and

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread David Z Maze
"Jernej Zidar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? Use a boot floppy or Debian install CD to get access to your Debian partition. Then run 'lilo' or 'grub-install', depen

Re: M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 14:22:46 +0100, Jernej Zidar wrote: > After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any > bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? > > As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel > etc. The only thing i

M$ Curse

2003-01-25 Thread Jernej Zidar
After a Windows reinstall, I have lost lilo. How do I install lilo or any bootloader, so I will be able to access my linux system? As the system crash was not planned i have no floppy with my custom kernel etc. The only thing i have is the Debian 3.0r0 CD set. the linux system was running a 2.4.1