Can:t restore lilo

[shadylane]

Hello there,
I'm trying to restore Lilo but the lilo.conf file seems to have disappeared from /etc/ although there is a file called lilo.conf.anaconda (it's Red Hat 8.0)
The reason I'm trying to restore lilo is because I installed Win 2k on one partition and now it boots straight into Windows - I have to use a linux boot disk to get into Red Hat.
I'm lazy so I don't like taking disks in and out to boot up the different OSes.
Any advice? Should I just try making my own lilo.conf or is this potentially disastrous?
Thanks
Greg

 

[fluid11]

Boot from the Red Hat CD and enter rescue mode by entering "linux rescue" at the boot: prompt.

A prompt should appear asking if you want to mount your Red Hat installation under /mnt/sysimage, say YES. This will bring you to a bash prompt that will look something like this...sh-2.05b#. Type...

chroot /mnt/sysimage

...to make that directory the root of the filesystem.

Now, all you have to do is reinstall LILO into the MBR. Rename that lilo.conf.anaconda file to /etc/lilo.conf.

mv /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda /etc/lilo.conf

Edit the /etc/lilo.conf file to include your Windows parition, if you want this. When you file is complete, simply type the following to install LILO...

/sbin/lilo -v


ChrisP

 

[miblo]

Or, you can install a windows utility which lets you boot linux from the Win2k boot menu.

The utility is called Bootpart

http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

and has saved me many times. It lets you add an entry on the Win2k boot menu by writing a small file (place it where you like), and thus simulating a boot block.

A great little utility - it just works.

 

[santoshdj123]

Hi

Nothing to worry about it.
just start the windows and insert in the redhat 8 (first cd ) into drive. there u will find "dosutils" directory just copy that directory onto ut hard drive.
then restart the computer in ms-dos mode. goto "dosutils" directory. u will find "autoboot.bat" file. edit that file.
it contains 1 or 2 line. just change to the following like this.
loadlin autoboot\vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc2 single ramdisk_size=9216 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
%6 %7 %8 %9

note :-
hdc2 : is the partition name on which linux native is present.

save and exit that file.
and run IT WILL START LINUX.
After that goto /etc directory. rename the file from lilo.conf.anaconda to lilo.conf edit and make the appropriate changes and do not forget to run lilo.
reboot the machine.
the next time u will see lilo.


SANTOSH