[UCLA-LUG] system failure

[chris]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2000 ninalin@ucla.edu wrote:

> okay, I was trying to configure ethernet card on my linux partition. 
> it's on hda7.  second partition.
> anyways, I could not get ethernet to work so I try to reinstall redhat
> 6.1 on second partition.  somehow?? the redhat image got written in my
> boot sector I think, now every time I start my machine, I would see the
> read hat reinstallation screen instead of window. 
> I did 
> fdisk /mbr and sys c:
> but it didn't see to help. then I run window setup.exe 
> from c:/windows/options/cabs/setup.exe
> but that didn't do it either. 
> now I am trying to get back into my machine using redhat boot disk. 
> somehow, it loads default from hda5, and it have init error
> I know these two command are needed
> at LILO prompt
> linux root=/dev/hda7
> linux init=/bin/ash

probably:

  linux root=/dev/hda7 init=/bin/ash

> but I cannot get both line in at LILO prompt, so 
> does anyone know how to 
> 1. fix it so I can get rid of linux image on my boot sector? 
> load from windows?

try

  fdisk /mbr

to rewrite the mbr.  then run fdisk under linux.  set /dev/hda1 to have
the bootable flag.  then restart.  maybe.


-chris

> or get into red hat ?
> thanks.  
> 
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