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The "lilo -r /mnt" told lilo to do a "chroot /mnt" first. You might want to add a -v and my memory is that it is /mnt/sysimage, not just /mnt (but it has been a while since I have used a RedHat rescue CD!).

Similar procedures to recover grub though in both cases my first thought would be to look at the .conf files in case they are the source of the problem - I wouldn't just overwrite without looking first!

I recently had to fix grub on a Compage Proliant server. This page - How to install grub on a HP Proliant Server - gave me the clues I needed to alias hd(0) to /dev/ida/c0d0 before running "setup".

From: "Frederic Malenfant" <fredericm@saturne.qc.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Get Lilo Back?!?!?!?!?
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:13 -0500

don't use any rescue or boot disk and don't reinstall linux !!!

1. boot on your redhat install Cd.
2. choose upgrade
3. the install program will check for available packages to upgrade.
4. after that, press alt-f2, you will have a terminal
5. on that terminal, you can see your linux partition in /mnt
6. type lilo -r /mnt
reboot and lilo will be back !

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Mach278 <xavier@digital.net> a �crit dans le message :
s436cki1mvm48@corp.supernews.com...
> I recently had to format my C: for Windows 98 and now I lost my LILO OS
> startup for Redhat 6.0. Is there any way to get this back without having
to
> reinstall Linux? TIA!
>
> Mach278
>
>

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