> Quoting Thomas Eibner (thomas at stderr.net): > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 04:37:58AM +0000, chegney at att.net wrote: > > > Hi first time poster here, I need some help. > > > > > > I had a dual boot Windows98/RedHat Linux setup. I was > > > using LILO as my boot loader. I have lost lilo on my > > > first hard drive and now I can't boot Linux on my second > > > hard drive. The only boot disk I have is my RedHat > > > install cd. Can some one explain to me how I can boot to > > > rescue mode on the cd and then restore lilo??? > > It's been a while since I had to do it, so it's off the top of my head: > > > > On the install cd's prompt: > > > > boot root=/dev/hdb<partition> So at the "boot:" prompt, type "boot root=/dev/hdb1" and that will boot me into my linux installation and then I can run lilo after logging in as root? > > > > and then run lilo (maybe change the layout when you get there?) what do you mean by changing the layout?? Clinton Hegney Level II Helpdesk Analyst Gelco Information Network c_hegney at gelco.com