Re: Unable to boot

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Date: 02/27/05

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    To: Manudath Gurudatha <manudathg@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:52:04 -0600

    Generally, if you can get into the system (via rescue environment, or
    bootable live linux cd) you could mount the "/" and "/boot"
    partitions... chroot into the "/" partition, and then run the
    '/sbin/lilo' binary, which will read '/etc/lilo.conf' and rewrite your
    MBR.

    In most cases, this is what works for me.

    BJ

    On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 23:45 -0600, Manudath Gurudatha wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > Can anyone tell me how to overwrite the MBR? My Debian machine is
    > screwed up and it gives an error similar to "L 80 80 80..." while
    > booting....
    >
    > THanks,
    > Manudath
    >
    > 

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