lilo problem after upgrade on sid

From: Praveen Kallakuri (praveen_at_unlserve.unl.edu)
Date: 06/30/04

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    hi

    i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i
    found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply
    freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the
    lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simply wrong with the
    MBR.

    several people have mentioned creating a boot-floppy using mkboot. can i
    create a boot-floppy on another sid machine using this utility (by
    specifying the correct boot partition?) if i point to a boot partition
    like /dev/hda5, how will it work since that device may not be created at
    boot (on mine its something like /dev/ide/bus0/target0/.../part5). i also
    bumped into this location, is that all thats needed?

    ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/access/

    the second alternative was that i install grub or lilo again. is there a
    way to do this via the installation CD? i find the option to install grub
    but am afraid that it looks like the installation will reformat the
    partition (the help on installation says any partition with a :) will
    retain data but the rest will be erased). is there an installation version
    that will allow me to just mount formatted partitions and install grub or
    lilo?

    thanks

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