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Re: new to LINUX

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From: Da Goof
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).
>
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Date: 1998/05/19
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