Re: Am I paranoid? Ext3FS has NTFS bootsector

From: Rohan Beckles (rohan.beckles_at_virgin.net)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:40:50 +0000

Marc Brevoort --

First things first. Do you use LILO to boot your system, or do you use a
floppy? If you boot from the hard disk then...

Drawing on my limited knowledge of hard disk partitions, plus the fact that
the partition in question is at the beginning of your hard disk, I would
say that the Master Boot Record of the hard disk contains a Windows 2000
(NTFS) boot loader.

This is my /etc/lilo.conf. The lines that concern you are commented.

boot="/dev/hde" (for you, change this to /dev/hda)
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
timeout="50"
message=/boot/message
default=linux

image="/boot/vmlinuz"
        label="linux"
        read-only
        root="/dev/hde10" (for you, change this to /dev/hda2)
        append="noapic"

After editing /etc/lilo.conf to suit your system, run "/sbin/lilo". This
should overwrite your MBR.

I'd like other people's opinion on this since I am no expert. I usually
chicken out and use Partition Magic.

Best,

        Rohan Beckles
        rohan.beckles@virgin.net

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