How to install lilo to the MBR?

[Kenneth]

I think you want /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
I don't have lilo installed to check the man page, but this seems like the
right option...


--- joe <joe at tlnf.com> wrote:

> .
> joe wrote:
> > > Lilo is installed on my system, but it is not working. 
> > > When I cold boot, it boots into an old Windows 98 partition 
> > > (hda1) that I no longer use. 
> > > 
> > > So, what is the procedure and syntax to install lilo to 
> > > the Master boot Record? 
> 
> Eric Shubes wrote: 
> > Boot a rescue cd to the command prompt, then
> > # /sbin/lilo -v
> > That should write your lilo.conf to the MBR
> 
> Following the above instructions: 
> /sbin/lilo -v 
> 
> Produced this response: 
> "bash: /sbin/lilo: No such file or directory" 
> 
> So, I searched around and found lilo here: /mnt/sbin/lilo 
> Then I tried /mnt/sbin/lilo -v 
> and lilo ran, but gave this response: 
> 
> "/etc/lilo.conf: No such file or directory. 
> 
> the desired file is here: /mnt/etc/lilo.conf 
> 
> but what syntax must I use to get this to work? 
> 
> 
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