Re: Getting Linux back - pls hlp

["Soumyanath Chatterjee" <soumya_chatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boot from CD or Use *loadlin* to boot Linux and then run *liloconfig* to fix
the problem.
Better create rescue disk [NAV] after installation. Possibly U can reinstall
NAV after installing lilo to eleminate the *boot sector changed* message.

- - Soumya
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From: Rahul Kumar <Rahul.Kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 02 July 1999 09:19
Subject: Getting Linux back - pls hlp


> Dear all - I've done something bad. Pls help.
> I had (have?) Linux RH5.2 on one partition and '98 on another. I boot(ed)
> with LILO.
> When i go into Windows, Norton used to ask "your boot sector has changed.
> Repair ? Continue ?" and I used to continue..
> Recently, my brother (elder) typed Repair !!! And now I dont get the LILO
> prompt, so the machine goes straight to Windows.
>
> So i used the boot/rescue diskette (made with mkbootdisk that came with
5.2)
> but it hangs saying "Cant install monitor" or something like that.
>
> How can I get Linux back without loosing / reformatting. I am sure it
should
> be easy !
>
> Cheers, RK.
>
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>

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