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Post #11,396
by static
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10/3/01 1:48:34 AM
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New Edit lilo.conf
Once you're in Linux, edit /etc/lilo.conf so that boot= points to /dev/hda5 instead of /dev/hda. Then run lilo. Note that it will still break if you move /dev/hda5 at all. Perhaps you could investigate [link|http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/|GRUB] which doesn't have this problem.

Then you will have to find a way for BootMagic to re-write the MBR the way it wants.

Wade.

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Post #11,642
by scoenye
10/3/01 9:28:27 PM
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New Lilo saved the boot sector
Before making the changes to lilo.conf, look for a 512 byte file in /boot (probably boot.0300) and check that the date matches the installation date. lilo -u will put the stored bootsector back where it came from. Failing that, dd if=/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 will restore it by hand.

The extension is based on the device numbers, so if you already moved it to hda5, you should have two boot sectors sitting there.
     LILO - (bepatient) - (2) - Oct. 3, 2001, 12:20:14 AM EDT
         Edit lilo.conf - (static) - (1) - Oct. 3, 2001, 01:48:34 AM EDT
             Lilo saved the boot sector - (scoenye) - Oct. 3, 2001, 09:28:27 PM EDT

I took the liberty of fixing the punctuation.
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