Re: Boot Sector

["Robert Martens" <clan_bd2@example.com>]

Thanks!  I changed my lilo.conf file and everything worked perfectly!  I 
really REALLY appreciate it!


>From: Tobias Diedrich <ranma@example.com>
>Reply-To: tlug@example.com
>To: tlug@example.com
>Subject: Re: Boot Sector
>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:25:31 +0200
>
>Robert Martens wrote:
>
>[lilo & linux boot sector]
>I assume with "first sector of my secondary HDD" you mean the Master Boot
>Record, which is the first sector of /dev/hdb.
>The first sector of /dev/hdb2 would be the first sector of the 2nd 
>partition,
>where you obviously did not install lilo, because you always get a blank 
>file.
>Ext2 partitions don't have a boot sector by default, so it's normal the 
>file
>is just filled with zeroes.
>
>IIRC you want to use the Windows 2000 Boot Manager to boot linux, right ?
>So you will need to extract the LILO boot sector.
>A good idea IMHO would be to tell lilo to install itself into /dev/hdb2
>and then extract the first sector.
>For this you have to change the line
>
>boot = somedevice
>to
>boot = /dev/hdb2
>
>in /etc/lilo.conf and then run lilo.
>After that the lilo boot sector should be on /dev/hdb2 and you can extract 
>it
>with dd.
>
>--
>Tobias
>nya~ni ?
>
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