Windows 2000 and RedHat 8.0 on HP Pavilion
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 9 02:40:38 UTC 2004
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 06:01:18PM -0700, Melroy Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux 8.0
> but for some reason LILO does not show up. I had
> selected it when I installed Lunix. I know there is a
> way I can get in as a root and run LILO to fix this
> but I am unaware of how to get in as root or any other
> user as right now when I boot I got directly to
> windows. I do have the installation disks with me and
> had used them earlier to rectify the same problem
> earlier. There is a command I can use at the boot:
> prompt but my mind is failing me now.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks,
> Melroy
Windoze has probably stomped on your LILO boot loader. Boot with your
RH install disk 1 to "rescue mode" (at the boot prompt, put "linux
rescue". It will look for your linux installation and mount it on
/mnt/sysimage, if you let it. Once at the shell prompt, do this:
chroot /mnt/sysimage
lilo
That should work without complaints. Then
exit
exit
Yep, twice. Once to get out of the chroot shell, and once to reboot.
Pop out the CD. You should get a LILO prompt.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
Grace happens.
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