I believe you can wipe your boot sector with dd then change your /etc/lilo.conf to place the bootloader on the mbr. # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 that should wipe the boot sector, but it might not hurt to back up what's there first: # dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 should copy the boot sector to a floppy for safekeeping. then change the boot parameter in lilo.conf like so boot = /dev/hda and run lilo to regenerate the bootloader. that's what i would do, someone correct me if i'm wrong. Thomas Johnson -------------- john4293 at umn dot edu 763.458.9071 (cell) -------------- * if it's not broken, i haven't worked hard enough. * there is little truth in men but much cunning. -peter the great _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list