how to get linux MBR

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Author: Rusty Carruth
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Old-Topics: how to get linux MBR
Subject: how to get linux MBR
>
> I just finished rebuilding linux after a clean sweep.
>
> I now have a problem, where I can boot from the boot diskette,
> but LILO will not boot from the disk.
>
> Does anyone know either how to fix this, or how I get the linux MBR.
>
> I am using system commander, and have linux on disk 2 (hdc2)


what happens when you boot?

Where did you tell lilo (in /etc/lilo.conf) to put itself?

(Basically, you want to tell lilo to go into /dev/hda, and point
it at /hdc2, some thing like this:

boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 20
prompt
default = linux
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label = linux
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
root = /dev/hdc2


where /boot on /dev/hdc2 has your images, named as above
(or change the names, of course!)

rusty