Re: How to install lilo to the MBR?

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Author: Technomage
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To: joe, Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: How to install lilo to the MBR?
I'd say judging by that pic, your bootable flag is set on the wrong
partition.....

it should be on hda6 (id this was the case).

it might help to have a copy of fstab here, and lilo.conf.

I used to use lilo (use grub now and sometimes hate it too).

TMH

On Tuesday 01 August 2006 08:33, joe wrote:
> .
> While I appreciate all the suggestions that PLUG friends have
> offered, I am still stuck with no solution to the subject issue.
>
> So, I am going to begin preparing a recap, as concise as possible,
> the essential facts pertaining to this problem on a web page with
> ongoing updates and links to applicable exhibits until some solution
> can be found.
>
> To begin, I've placed a screen-capture jpg of a qtparted chart
> of my system's primary hard drive at this URL:
>
>     http://www.fixaim.com/temp/partitions.jpg

>
> Since we do know that LILO was previously able to boot the hda6
> partition on which my main Linux system resides, I cannot understand
> why it would not be possible to reinstall that exact same LILO someplace
> where it can once again do the exact same thing that it had been doing
> successfully for months before simply booting Windows apparently blew
> it away yesterday morning.
>
> Thanks again to all who have tried to offer help.
>
> -- 480-325-5055
>
>
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