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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