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by **Tony Varrial** » Tue, 06 May 1997 04:00:00

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i have install slackware 96 successfully and have not had any major problems. 
i installed LILO with /dev/hda1 (DOS) to boot by default and /dev/hdb7
(linux) to boot as the other option.  i do not want to use LILO anymore-i
would like to use a boot manager because i would like to install NT 4.0
server.  i tried "lilo -u" to restore the original MBR but when i
reboot i get on the screen "LIL-" and i can not enter anything in. 
i am forced to boot from a floppy and reinstall LILO to the original configuration. 
how can i get LILO out of the MBR?  oh yeah, also i have tried to
install LILO with the linux root filesystem and that does not work either. 
any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!!
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by **David LeDeau** » Wed, 07 May 1997 04:00:00

Quote:> how can i get LILO out of the MBR?

Boot with a DOS disk that has FDISK on it. Type FDISK /MBR

by **Mark Hea** » Thu, 08 May 1997 04:00:00

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HTML news posts aren't very news friendly.

Try booting to dos and type:

dosprompt> FDISK /MBR

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by **r..** » Thu, 08 May 1997 04:00:00

On Mon, 05 May 1997 15:57:50 -0500, Tony Varriale

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>i have install slackware 96 successfully and have not had any major problems. 
>i installed LILO with /dev/hda1 (DOS) to boot by default and /dev/hdb7
>(linux) to boot as the other option.  i do not want to use LILO anymore-i
>would like to use a boot manager because i would like to install NT 4.0

Hint: lilo is a boot manager. Not fancy enough for you? rtfm and
you will find that you can expand the terse lilo boot prompt to tell
you what systems are available for booting. Lilo was a shit load
easier to configure and change than the idiotic OS/2 Warped boot
manager is/was.

Quote:>server.  i tried "lilo -u" to restore the original MBR but when i
>reboot i get on the screen "LIL-" and i can not enter anything in. 
>i am forced to boot from a floppy and reinstall LILO to the original configuration. 
>how can i get LILO out of the MBR?  oh yeah, also i have tried to

2 choices remain if you insist on using a boot manager other than
lilo.
1) get a magnetic that will suck a paper clip out of a carpet at 300
meters and apply that to the computer case and dance around the room
chanting: die die die you fschking bit of garbage. die die die

2) Or you can try fdisk /mbr

take your pick.

by **Vincent Ape** » Fri, 16 May 1997 04:00:00

go into the dos partition that LILO is installed and and type

fdisk /mbr

this will fdisk your master boot record.

later
vince

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: i have install slackware 96 successfully and have not had any major problems. 
: i installed LILO with /dev/hda1 (DOS) to boot by default and /dev/hdb7
: (linux) to boot as the other option.  i do not want to use LILO anymore-i
: would like to use a boot manager because i would like to install NT 4.0
: server.  i tried "lilo -u" to restore the original MBR but when i
: reboot i get on the screen "LIL-" and i can not enter anything in. 
: i am forced to boot from a floppy and reinstall LILO to the original configuration. 
: how can i get LILO out of the MBR?  oh yeah, also i have tried to
: install LILO with the linux root filesystem and that does not work either. 
: any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!!
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