[Nottingham] reinstalling boot loader

[Robert Hart]

I don't know about Slackware, but you can take pretty much any bootable
linux disk (e.g. tomsrtbt, knoppix, etc.), mount your linux root
partition somewhere, chroot to it, and then run lilo (or grub).

e.g.
mkdir /mnt/hda5
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5
chroot /mnt/hda5
lilo
exit

(assuming hda5 is your root partition, and lilo is your bootloader.)

On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 19:45, James Gibbon wrote:
> Speaking of bootloaders, I upgraded the Windows partition of my 
> laptop to XP a week or so ago, intending to install Xandros later.  
> However, I've decided not to bother with Xandros for the time 
> being, so - how can I reinstall GRUB or LILO, so I can run the
> existing Slackware setup?
> 
> TIA for any help,
> James
> 
> 
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Robert Hart <enxrah at nottingham.ac.uk>