[NTLUG:Discuss] OT:Fix an MBR in XP

[terry]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Leroy Tennison <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net
> wrote:

> Alvin Goats wrote:
> > Slackware has options for installing LILO either as the Master Boot
> > Record or on the first SuperBlock. I usually use the first SuperBlock on
> > the bootable Linux partiton which leaves the MBR alone.  HOWEVER, this
> > means that you can do anything you want to the MBR and NEVER touch the
> > SuperBlock, so a virus that kills teh MBR won't kill LILO and the
> > ability to boot Linux (been there before). It also means that LILO won't
> > go away until you do something to the lilocondig which disables the
> > SuperBlock or install over the entire partition.
> >
> > Alvin
> >
> >
> > Dennis Myhand wrote:
> >>
> >> Joe Torma wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://www.bootdisk.com/ has some good Linux and win info and
> downloads.
> >>>
> >>> Good luck,
> >>> Joe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Okay.  Finally got it taken care of.  I installed Lenny and grub and the
> >> Lilo install from Slack 12.1 is FINALLY gone.  I did use fixmbr and
> >> fdisk (made a dos boot disk through partition magic, plus I installed
> >> about 4 other different versions of Linux and I still had the Lilo from
> >> Slack keeping things from booting.  Yeah, I know you can edit the config
> >> file, but that only works when you know where it is.  Thanks to all for
> >> the assistance.  Lenny saves the day!
> >>
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> Can someone tell me why we are still using Lilo?


Because it works.



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