Can I fix or replace Redhat 7 LILO using Kubuntu 5.04 CD?

[Jerry Miller]

I can't thank you enough!  All I had to do was change the "linear"
line in /etc/lilo.conf to "lba32" to get past the 8.4-Gb barrier!  I
first reran the command "lilo -t -v" (test mode) to be sure the edit
would eliminate the earlier errors from the original conf file, after
which I had the confidence to run "lilo -v" and "reboot".  I'm back
in business!

This list rules, which is an expression I seldom use (especially
at my age)!  :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <albi at scii.nl>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Cc: <gamphd at comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: Can I fix or replace Redhat 7 LILO using Kubuntu 5.04 CD?


> On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 04:25:48 -0400
> "Jerry Miller" <gamphd at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> I was given a Kubuntu 5.04 CD as a way to restore the
> 
> a live-cd or an install-cd ?
> 
>> LILO loader that was made obsolete by Partition Magic.
>> Looking at the MBR, and the fact that it uses INT 13
>> with AH = 2, I now realize that, despite its use of LDA,
>> it must be one of the LILO versions that expects the
>> Linux partition to be in the first 6 gig of the drive, which
>> explains why my C: partition was too small to install
>> Ghost 9.0 (which turned out to be unnecessary, because
>> Ghost 2003 boots and runs in DOS mode, which makes
>> a lot more sense!)
> 
> what you can try :
> 
> - boot from the kubuntu-cd with the command :
>  rescue root=/dev/hdaX ro
>  (where X is the number of your RHL / partition)
> - if this works fine, edit your /etc/lilo.conf and make changes that
>  are needed
> - type : lilo -v
> - reboot
> 
> disclaimer :
> 
> * i'm not sure about the exact syntax for "rescue"
> you could just try this
> http://kudos.berlios.de/kf/kisimlar/recovery.html#rootcd
> 
> * normally i use a knoppix-cd for these cases, you would then do :
> - boot the knoppix live-cd
> - manually mount the linux-partition, e.g.
>  mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3
> - chroot /mnt/hda3
> - /sbin/lilo -v
> 
> HTH
>