[GLLUG] Removing Lillo changes to MBR

[Seth Bembeneck]

It worked!!!

Just a quick list of steps I took:

I copied boot.0300 from /boot to a different directory.
Ran 'lilo -I /boot/boot.b -C /etc/lilo.conf'.
Don't know if it was necessary, but I tried booting into Linux. It worked.
I then ran 'lilo -u'. It gave me an error about the Time Stamp being
different but said that if I really knew what I was doing to run lilo -U.
Which I did.

Restart computer

GoBack appears, then Windows. After 4 days, I'm finally in. Nothing was
lost, but every thing was gained. :-)

Now just one more question.

What is the correct way to set up a Windows XP/Linux dual boot? Linux would
be installed on a slave hard drive.


Thanks to every one for their help and suggestions.

Seth

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu [mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu]
On Behalf Of Melson, Paul
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:38 AM
To: William Bembeneck; GLLUG
Subject: RE: [GLLUG] Removing Lillo changes to MBR

I don't see why not.  The file you would need to save will probably be
in /boot and will be named 'boot.x' where 'x' is a 4-digit hexidecimal
value that represents the /boot partition. (i.e. /boot/boot.0300 ==
/dev/hda1)

PaulM

-----Original Message-----
From: William Bembeneck [mailto:sbembeneck at characterlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:12 PM
To: GLLUG
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Removing Lillo changes to MBR


Would it be possible to back up lilo's backup?

And then copy the backup back to where ever the info is stored?

If that is possible, it seems to me that when you uninstall Lilo, it
would restore the original backup.

If any of this is possible, where is the back up stored?

Thanks,

Seth
> No, if you install LILO again, it will make a backup of the current
MBR.
> Uninstalling it after that will just copy the defective MBR back.
> 
> The map file has historically been /boot/map on RedHat, but check your
> /etc/lilo.conf for a line that begins 'map='.  Remember, if you're
> booting off of a CD and mounting your Linux hard drive partitions, you
> will have to keep the paths straight in order for LILO to behave
> properly.  Also, you can specify the map file location at the command
> line using the '-m' switch.
> 
> PaulM
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> I tried uninstalling Lilo, but it said that it wasn't installed.
> I tried to install Lilo, but it complains about a map file.
> 
> I have two map files in the /boot folder. A System.map and a System
> <bunch of numbers>.map . the command ls is also just showing a file
> called map.
> 
> Should one of those be specified in the lilo command?
> 
> Also, if I install, then uninstall, will it restore the mbr and boot
> sectors to how it was before I installed Lilo the first time?
> 
> 
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