From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta11.charter.net (mta11.charter.net [216.33.127.80]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DF810A52 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:29:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aarprv04.charter.net ([10.20.200.74]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20081012023023.ISTH3732.mta11.charter.net@aarprv04.charter.net> for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:23 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by aarprv04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20081012023023.GQZX3522.aarprv04.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:23 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id m9C2UNAX015940 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:23 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id m9C2UNjO015939 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:23 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:30:23 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: New Debian Install - HELP! Message-ID: <20081012023023.GC15889@gmx.net> References: <20081011084227.GA21623@pillow.holmesgrown.com> <20081011100902.GA21715@pillow.holmesgrown.com> <48F08630.2080403@baechler.net> <20081011193208.GA15615@localhost.localdomain> <20081011215758.GA22409@pillow.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081011215758.GA22409@pillow.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:29:40 -0000 Have you tried running fixboot and fixmbr from the windows recovery console? Also Testdisk has some options for fixing problem MBRs, though I haven't used any of them yet. On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 02:57:59PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Well, things are even worse now. In trying to isolate my problem, I > took out the new drive that I was installing linux on and replaced it > with my original (second drive) which had my old working slackware on > it and I still can't boot. With my original drive, I even did a lilo > - -r /mnt from my slackware CD and that appeared to go fine; I can't say > I've ever experienced this kind of problem before. I'm trying to do > everything to avoid having to completely re-install windows. I > unfortunately need windows on my box for some time yet. For whatever > reason, my MBR won't take the loader or won't boot for me. > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:32:08PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 03:55:44AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > > > The solution is to > > > not chroot. Instead, mount your boot partition under /boot or /mnt/boot > > > and change your lilo.conf as needed temporarily. Run something like: > > > > > > lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf > > > > > > That should hopefully work, or at least give a useful error message. > > > > After you've got your lilo.conf setup the way you want, don't forget > > to do > > lilo -r /mnt > > to reinstall lilo. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFI8SFlWSjv55S0LfERA6F8AKC/ArvNCjVwRWjrfWt5HZ0yTuNVNACffGYv > /VhxetDenfV8M+i9IfT6kKc= > =BYs9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus Torvalds must be the Messiah. -- Unknown source