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Article #4442Re: new to LINUX
From: Da Goof
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 00:00
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Lo�c JAOUEN wrote in message <6jq8mr$l1o$1@news2.isdnet.net>... > >George Williams a �crit dans le message <01bd821d$16b0f440$c8301b26@zeus>... >>Hello all, >> >> I am new to LINUX, and I had a small HD that I installed REDHAT 5.0 on, >>and now I have upgraded it to a lrger one. My question is I did an FDISK >>on the old HD and then went to install DOS, it installed dos just fine, but >>when I go to start the sytem up I get a prompt that says LILO boot: and >>thenit goes through a bunch of stuff and says that it is loading LINUX, >>then it stops and says UNABLEto open an initial console. > > >Try that: > fdisk /mbr >I'm not sure, I never tried because I never installed LILO (I still boot >with a bootdisk) but I've been told it works. >"MBR" should means Master Boot and the "R" something. >Anyway, try but with no guaranty. > >Lo�c (loic.jaouen@hol.fr). > Master Boot Record
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