[plug] Rescue my RH7.1 from Win2k

[Craig Foster]

Hmm, maybe *I* should be RTFMing :-P

Well, I'll be a (insert weird monkey-uncle-nonsexual relationship here)
Didn't know about that one. It's just the way I've done it for quite a
while...

Craig Foster

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:sharpe at ns.aus.com]
> Sent: Monday, 1 October 2001 5:54 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Rescue my RH7.1 from Win2k
>
>
> Craig Foster wrote:
>
> > 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!!
>
>
> What's wrong with: lilo -r /path/to/ext2/partition
>
> Less to go wrong!
>
>
> > 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!!!
>
> --
> Richard Sharpe, rsharpe at ns.aus.com, LPIC-1
> www.samba.org, www.ethereal.com, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba
> in 24 Hours, Special Edition, Using Samba
>
>
>
>
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