Re: [TCLUG:12432] lilo troubles of my own

[Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>]

On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:

> (the lowlevel wiped the MBR).  I re-installed Linux and it still won't
> boot.  I don't get LI, I don't get LO...I get Missing Operating System.

Can we assume that the lilo.conf file is in order?
 
> If I can boot dos from the HDD, then this is a LILO problem, right?  I
> told Smackware setup to write LILO to the MBR, and I refreshed lilo
> after I installed the kernel...what gives?

What do you get if you hit 'tab' when you get the 'boot:' prompt?

Cheers,

Phil M.

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