[NTLUG:Discuss] where is lilo

[Cameron, Thomas]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Snodgrass [mailto:jack at jacksnodgrass.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:41 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] where is lilo
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:19, fredjame wrote:
> > I have a persistent Lilo that I need to get rid of <long 
> story omitted> 
> > - there is no OS on this machine, and yet when it attempts 
> to boot the 
> > Lilo screen appears.  Does anybody know how to get rid of 
> it?  I really 
> > need to start over completely fresh, and there is no data 
> on the hard 
> > drive that needs to be saved.  If it makes any difference, 
> this is a 
> > laptop with the floppy and CD as separate devices sharing a 
> single bay.  
> > Thanks in advance for any help you may offer.
> > 
> > Micron TransPort LT
> > P-III 600MHz
> > 10 GB hard drive
> 
> 
> use the dos fdisk command and do a 
> fdisk /mbr 
> to replace the boot record. Right now, you have lilo loaded 
> in the boot
> record and 
> it will show up until you remove it from the boot record of 
> the drive. 
> 
> There is probably a way to use fdisk from linux... but I 
> don't know how.
> 
> jack 

If you haven't deleted your Linux partitions, you can also run lilo -u [devicename].  But that presupposes that the original boot sector is available.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
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