To restore the DOS MBR, type this at the command prompt:

fdisk /mbr


Quoting "Michael  J. Schweppe" <michael@schweppe.org>:

> I installed a second drive as a primary slave today on the Win 98 box.
> and loaded Red Hat 7.1.  I set lilo to install on the mbr of hda [the
> Win drive].  Upon reboot after the start up bios type stuff I get a
> blank screen with the letter "L" and that is it.  I tried typing and
> nothing seems to work.  Presently I was able to get to C:\>, but I do
> not know what to do now.  
> 
> My guess is that there must be a way to get to the mbr and kill lilo
> so at least I can get Windows back and perhaps try again.
> 
> Anxiously awaiting any responses.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
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