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by **Kevin Won** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Lost LILO after installed new window.
I am recently installed new window.
I originally have been installed win 98 and Linux RH.
but I recently installed winNT.
the problem is:
after I installed window, I afraid I will lost LILO.
Because I encounter this problem before.
So is there a way that I can call the LILO back?
or boot into Linux Redhat?
Thank You Very Much.

P.S.: How do I make linux boot disk in linux?
I am using RH 6.0.
Thank You.

by **Marc** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Use a utility from www.winimage.com to put an entry in your boot.ini file
that will let you boot to Linux.
Bootdisk? For Installation or to boot to Linux after its installed?
Install: dosutils/rawrite from CD
System: # mkbootdisk linux_kernel_version from bash

Quote:> Lost LILO after installed new window.
> I am recently installed new window.
> I originally have been installed win 98 and Linux RH.
> but I recently installed winNT.
> the problem is:
> after I installed window, I afraid I will lost LILO.
> Because I encounter this problem before.
> So is there a way that I can call the LILO back?
> or boot into Linux Redhat?
> Thank You Very Much.

> P.S.: How do I make linux boot disk in linux?
> I am using RH 6.0.
> Thank You.

by **Bill Unr** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Quote:>Lost LILO after installed new window.

This is a service offered to you for free by Windows. When you install
Windows you are clearly installing a superior operating system, and
there is not reason why youwould want to boot up anything else, so
Windows removes all other boot loaders for you. Write a thank you card
to Microsoft for their kind concern for your welfare.

iThen, if you really want to use lilo again ( you need to be punished)
you need to either use that boot disk you made when you installed linux,
or use the installation for RH to get lilo going again.

Once you have done that, make sure tht you have a boot disk, or at least
a lilo on a floppy
(run
lilo -b /dev/fd0
to put your LILO onto a floppy which you can then use to rescue yourself
from Microsft's ministrtions.

by **David M. Carne** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

>>Lost LILO after installed new window.

> This is a service offered to you for free by Windows. When you install
> Windows you are clearly installing a superior operating system, and
> there is not reason why youwould want to boot up anything else, so
> Windows removes all other boot loaders for you. Write a thank you card
> to Microsoft for their kind concern for your welfare.

> iThen, if you really want to use lilo again ( you need to be punished)
> you need to either use that boot disk you made when you installed linux,
> or use the installation for RH to get lilo going again.

> Once you have done that, make sure tht you have a boot disk, or at least
> a lilo on a floppy
> (run
> lilo -b /dev/fd0 to put your LILO onto a floppy which you can then use
> to rescue yourself from Microsft's ministrtions.

OR, you could take the CDROM with your Linux distribution and search it
for loadlin and vmlinuz. Create a directory on your Windoze system called
linux ;-), and copy loadlin and vmlinuz to it. Then reboot Windoze into
dos mode (NOT a dos window) and cd to the linux directory. Type the
following:

loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda?

Put the right number after the hda, ie mine is 7 so I put:

loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7

Then when I boot Linux this way, login as root and simply type:

/sbin/lilo

Lilo should then be rewritten to the MBR of your harddrive, and you can
then boot Linux normally. Leave loadlin and vmlinuz in place just in case.

You may have to modify your /etc/lilo.conf to boot either Linux or Windoze
(dualboot). I've included mine as an EXAMPLE below. It will boot RH6.1 as
default, or boot Windoze 98 for my wife (really!).

Good luck!

David

boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img read-only root=/dev/hda7

other=/dev/hda1
label=dos

by **David M. Carne** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

>>>Lost LILO after installed new window.

>> This is a service offered to you for free by Windows. When you install
>> Windows you are clearly installing a superior operating system, and
>> there is not reason why youwould want to boot up anything else, so
>> Windows removes all other boot loaders for you. Write a thank you card
>> to Microsoft for their kind concern for your welfare.

>> iThen, if you really want to use lilo again ( you need to be punished)
>> you need to either use that boot disk you made when you installed
>> linux, or use the installation for RH to get lilo going again.

>> Once you have done that, make sure tht you have a boot disk, or at
>> least a lilo on a floppy
>> (run
>> lilo -b /dev/fd0 to put your LILO onto a floppy which you can then use
>> to rescue yourself from Microsft's ministrtions.

> OR, you could take the CDROM with your Linux distribution and search it
> for loadlin and vmlinuz. Create a directory on your Windoze system
> called linux ;-), and copy loadlin and vmlinuz to it. Then reboot
> Windoze into dos mode (NOT a dos window) and cd to the linux directory.
> Type the following:

> loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda?

> Put the right number after the hda, ie mine is 7 so I put:

> loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7

> Then when I boot Linux this way, login as root and simply type:

> /sbin/lilo

> Lilo should then be rewritten to the MBR of your harddrive, and you can
> then boot Linux normally. Leave loadlin and vmlinuz in place just in
> case.

> You may have to modify your /etc/lilo.conf to boot either Linux or
> Windoze
> (dualboot). I've included mine as an EXAMPLE below. It will boot RH6.1
> as default, or boot Windoze 98 for my wife (really!).

> Good luck!

> David

> boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50
> default=linux

> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img read-only root=/dev/hda7

> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos

Much to my dismay, my lilo.conf file did not format in the above answer
correctly. Sorry.

David

by **Villy Kru** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

>Lost LILO after installed new window.
>I am recently installed new window.
>I originally have been installed win 98 and Linux RH.
>but I recently installed winNT.
>the problem is:
>after I installed window, I afraid I will lost LILO.
>Because I encounter this problem before.
>So is there a way that I can call the LILO back?
>or boot into Linux Redhat?
>Thank You Very Much.

>P.S.: How do I make linux boot disk in linux?
>I am using RH 6.0.
>Thank You.

Install lilo on the first lilo partition. Then it is a simple matter
to make this linux partition active using DOS fdisk to get lilo back.

Villy

by **C Sanjayan Rosenmun** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> >Lost LILO after installed new window.
> >I am recently installed new window.
> >I originally have been installed win 98 and Linux RH.
> >but I recently installed winNT.
> >the problem is:
> >after I installed window, I afraid I will lost LILO.
> >Because I encounter this problem before.
> >So is there a way that I can call the LILO back?
> >or boot into Linux Redhat?
> >Thank You Very Much.

> >P.S.: How do I make linux boot disk in linux?
> >I am using RH 6.0.
> >Thank You.

> Install lilo on the first lilo partition. Then it is a simple matter
> to make this linux partition active using DOS fdisk to get lilo back.

> Villy

Actually, he *seems* to have lilo already set up. so he just needs to
run
/sbin/lilo and all _should_ be well. . . .
--
Sanjay

Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
Press any key to reboot.

by **Villy Kru** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:12:42 -0700,

Quote:
>> Install lilo on the first lilo partition. Then it is a simple matter
>> to make this linux partition active using DOS fdisk to get lilo back.

>> Villy
>Actually, he *seems* to have lilo already set up. so he just needs to
>run
>/sbin/lilo and all _should_ be well. . . .

Of course, but to install lilo into the linux partition is something
you do *before* you attempt to install windows. After the damage is
done and you can't boot linux it becomes a tricky thing to run
/sbin/lilo. Then you will need the linux boot floppy, boot from the
install CD, or something similar to recover, and you would need to
have these things available.

Villy

by **c.sanjayan.rosenm..** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> >Lost LILO after installed new window.
> >I am recently installed new window.
> >I originally have been installed win 98 and Linux RH.
> >but I recently installed winNT.
> >the problem is:
> >after I installed window, I afraid I will lost LILO.
> >Because I encounter this problem before.
> >So is there a way that I can call the LILO back?
> >or boot into Linux Redhat?
> >Thank You Very Much.

> >P.S.: How do I make linux boot disk in linux?
> >I am using RH 6.0.
> >Thank You.

> Install lilo on the first lilo partition. Then it is a simple
matter
> to make this linux partition active using DOS fdisk to get lilo
back.

> Villy

Actually, he *seems* to have lilo already set up. so he just needs to
run
/sbin/lilo and all _should_ be well. . . .
--
Sanjay

Windows has detected that a gnat has farted near your computer.
Press any key to reboot.

by **villy.kr..** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:12:42 -0700,

>> Install lilo on the first lilo partition. Then it is a simple
matter
>> to make this linux partition active using DOS fdisk to get lilo
back.

>> Villy
>Actually, he *seems* to have lilo already set up. so he just needs
to
>run
>/sbin/lilo and all _should_ be well. . . .

Of course, but to install lilo into the linux partition is something
you do *before* you attempt to install windows. After the damage is
done and you can't boot linux it becomes a tricky thing to run
/sbin/lilo. Then you will need the linux boot floppy, boot from the
install CD, or something similar to recover, and you would need to
have these things available.

Villy