tlug: Relocating LILO

[Thomas Joseph Haslam <tjhaslam@example.com>]

JB> If I want to move Lilo to the MBR (that is, get rid 
JB> of the PM boot record), how . . . ?

Just picked up the digest so y'all excuse me in advance if I reply to a
question that has already been answered in great detail.

JB, just did the reverse procedure (sucessfully), actually, for
work-related reasons, so . . .

Inside of Windows, run Dos.  At the prompt >\

fdisk \mbr

This will install a generic Dos/Windows MBR, erasing BM from your MBR.
Then reboot your machine using your Linux boot floppy (you do, er, have a
Linux boot floppy?) and try

# /sbin/liloconfig

Assuming that the appropriate files are in your machine.  You might want to
try  before the dos "fdisk \mbr", a Linux
 
find / -name "lilo" print

just to check.  Oterwise, if the stuff is not in /etc/lilo then I have no
clue as to how to proceed.

JB> on my last day (Tuesday) 

Not following the news/gossip. but good luck with whatever the new venture is.

Best to all,
TJH
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