[plug] Rescue my RH7.1 from Win2k

[Craig Foster]

Boot in rescue mode with the RH7.1CD1

Run 'mount' to see where the ext2 partition is mounted
then:-
"
rm -f /boot
ln -s /path.to.ext2.partition/boot /boot
ln -s /path.to.ext2.partition/etc/lilo.conf /etc/lilo.conf
lilo
"
tadaa!!

Just make sure you get the path to your old partition right!!! And make
sure lilo doesn't come up with any errors before rebooting, as that could
be BAD!!!

Regards,

Craig

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan D [mailto:natdan at pobox.com]
> Sent: Monday, 1 October 2001 4:52 PM
> To: Plug List
> Subject: [plug] Rescue my RH7.1 from Win2k
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Yes I have gone and lost my RH7.1 after installing Win2k :(
> I have gone into "linux rescue" and can mount my / (dev/hda1) and move
> around the sytem but not seem to actually do anything
> beneficial :(  I have
> edited my lilo.conf to make a lilo.dummy but can not run lilo
> properly.  Initially it complained about not finding boot.b but after
> copying the file it complains about a hardware error with code 0x00 (or
> something similar)
> I have googled all over the place and most sites refer to the
> rescue boot
> disk - which never got made.  Yes I know - ALWAYS have one
> handy - just in
> case.
> I have tried running mkbootdisk but even with the full path it says the
> file cannot be found.  I would rather not do a full re-install, but am
> prepared to - if it comes to the crunch.
> Any ideas on which way to go now?
> There seems a multitude of ways to dualboot win2k and linux so I am not
> sure which way works best.  Some favour lilo while other prefer the
> boot.ini of windows.  Again - any tips or preferences?
>
> I know there *has* to be something simple that I am overlooking
> somewhere???
>
>
> regards,
>    Nathan
>
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