boot prompt

[vikram_nanda]

My system gives me the follwing message during boot :

F1 : Linux
Default - Linux :


This I feel is not the LILO prompt.
I had FreeBSD installed on my system before linux was installed.

What should I do to get back the LILO prompt ?


Thanks,

Vikram

[paradox]

Vikram,

Well to tell you the truth I am not sure how to clear the MBR in Linux. You should be able to just install lilo and have it write to the MBR and it should overwrite what you have in there already. If you have Lilo installed already, give us a copy of your lilo.conf file, so I can show you what line to edit so that it will write to the correct place.

Aragorn

[JimH]

Don't know anything about FreeBSD, but you should be able to get the linux boot prompt back by just re-installing lilo by typing, as the root user: lilo -v

Jim H

[vikram_nanda]

lilo -v gives me :

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LILO version 21.7, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Linux Real Mode Interface library Copyright (C) 1998 Josh Vanderhoof
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 John Coffman
Released 24-Feb-2001 and compiled at 18:11:44 on Apr 8 2001.

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda2
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Mapping message file /boot/message
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Added linux *
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Added failsafe
/boot/boot.0302 exists - no backup copy made.
Writing boot sector.

********************

The /etc/lilo.conf file has the following entries :

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boot=/dev/hda2
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda2
append=" failsafe"
read-only

*******************

[paradox]

so after you do this, does it still boot up with the old prompt?

Aragorn

[vikram_nanda]

no, it didn't work.

I kept messing around with my system, reinstalled freebsd, screwed up the mbr such that only freebsd could be booted.

Thankfully, I had a linux boot floppy with me. Got back linux.

Ran lilo ---- the MBR got overwritten again and now I have the good old LILO prompt back.

It doesnot give me a choice for FREE bsd .

I need to change the lilo.conf file for that. I hope every thing will be allright now.