[NTLUG:Discuss] Tcl/Tk

[Peter Koren]

Allen Flick wrote:
> 
> alh wrote:
> 
> > > My Linux went dead when my son convinced me to
> > > upgrade to Win98 and I haven't been able to restore
> > > Linux yet.
> > >
> >
> > did you make bootdisk during your linux install before the 98 upgrade?
> 
> I appreciate the offer here, but I was total dumbass & had not made
> a bootdisk.

Actually, I have had problems with the so called "rescue disks", but you
don't actually need one. If you remember which partition holds your
Linux root directory, Do the following:

Boot from a floppy containing the linux kernel image. Most distributions
either come with this floppy, or it is on the CD in a directory called
images. The file is called "boot.img". You can create the floppy image
using either the dos "rawrite" command or the Linux/Unix "dd" command.
When the boot prompt appears, quickly start to type in the following (so
that the boot process does not skip over your non default choice):

	boot: linux single root=/dev/hda3 initrd=

(Note: my linux root partition is in partition 3 of an EIDE drive.
Adjust the "hda3' in the example to your own configuration)

Once you are able to give commands, just do;

	# lilo

and your Master Boot Record, with the dual boot capability, will be
restored.

Regards,

Peter Koren