How to install lilo to the MBR?

[Technomage]

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.
>
> joe at actionline.com -- 480-325-5055
>
>
>
>
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