[Gllug] Init not Found

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:itsbruce at uklinux.net]
> 
> Is it a dual boot machine, Harry?  If so, did you install Lilo to the 
> mbr?  I have found that to fsck up a lot of systems with 
> "interesting" 
> bioses.  The thing to do is install Lilo to the Linux boot 
> partition and 
> make that partition bootable (then, from DOS, run fdisk /mbr 
> to restore 
> the old mbr). It still works fine for dual boot.
> 
> In fact I recommend that procedure always, dual boot or no.

It is dual boot at the moment but on a whim I installed GRUB so I am on new
territory. I thought if you run fdisk /mbr from DOS that you wiped the boot
partition and would need a disk to get back into Linux.

Harry 


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