Subj : Re: need help with lilo To : alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux From : s a n j a y Date : Thu Oct 21 2004 09:33 pm "ray" wrote in message news:2tm770F21iqhnU2@uni-berlin.de... > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:23:25 +0000, s a n j a y wrote: > >> I have three different distros (debian, gentoo and mandrake) along with >> windows xp installed on one large hard disk. As it is an old desktop >> which >> does not support large hard drives, I have seperate boot partition for >> every >> OS, including windows, within 7 gb limit (300 mbs each) and root >> partitions >> installed after 7 gig. >> >> Everything was working fine before I decided to compile my debian kernel. >> After installing new kernel, i wrote lilo.conf file and installed lilo in >> MBR. I screwed up and now debian does not boot up. I am wondering whether >> any of you know how to fix lilo.conf and install it in MBR without >> reinstalling debian. >> >> I tried booting up in rescue mode with debian CD and writing new >> lilo.conf >> and running /sbin/lilo, but it somehow did not overwrite MBR. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> sanjay > > That should work if you 'chroot' to the root of the master distro (I guess > Debian in your case) and then do 'lilo'. > Thanks ray. I thought I did chroot, but seems like i forgot. Thanks for pointing out. sanjay .