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Linux Install Failure with Dual OS

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voidmain:
Nope, installing Linux can't hurt your floppy hardware. You can also boot your RH62 CD into rescue mode and do a "lilo -u /dev/hda" which does the same thing as an "FDISK /MBR".

robnelli:
I've tried that. I get

"sh: lilo: command not found"

I read that lilo should be under /etc but it's not there. I can't seem to find it anywhere.

voidmain:
In rescue mode, mount your root file system and run it from there:

# mkdir /mnt
# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda5 /mnt

Change /dev/hda5 to whatever is *really* your root (/) file system.

Then you should be able to:

# /mnt/sbin/lilo -u /dev/hda

[ November 10, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

robnelli:
Well, I finally was able to boot into DOS by using the CD and then restored the boot record using Fdisk. I'm currently downloading RedHat 8.0 and will commence installing using it. Thanks for everything.

Bazoukas:
You shouldnt have any difficulty with RedHat 8.0.

  The installer is very straight foward and gives you a lot of options.

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