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Emergency Room...(Boot problems)

Windows (DOS, NT, ...) ate my LILO partition! Now what? Disclaimer: You can
How can I put LILO back into my MBR? damage your computer!
All I can get is " L I "
Why does Red Hat bomb installing LILO?
How do I uninstall LILO?
How can I fix LILO without repeating the whole install?
It's not even trying to boot!

Mr. Curious: General FAQ

"How Do it Know?" How can a lowly bootstrap find my devices and files?
I changed my message file. Why doesn't LILO see the changes?
I tried adding "xxx=yyy" but nothing happened. Isn't it supported?
How can I fix LILO without repeating the whole install?
How do I uninstall LILO?
I just want my DOS/Windows back!
Why do I have to rerun lilo each time I make a change?
How can I make a boot floppy or rescue disk?
My floppies don't work and my CD isn't bootable. (LOADLIN guide)
How do you pronounce Linux?

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TECHNICAL  CORNER
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Prerequisites
 What you should know before reading:

• how to examine a text file - cat, less, Shift+PgUp and Dn
• how to edit a text file - vi, vim, pico, and joe
• what the disk device names mean - dev/fd0 versus /mnt/floppy; hda versus hda1

WHAT IS A BOOT, ANYWAY?
Meet your boot directory
LILO uses: - boot code - boot dest - kernel - map... Everything else is just amenities.
How the files fit together
The Setup--How lilo assembles it all
The Execution--Booting Steps (L-I-L-O)
What happens before LILO runs? Partitions and boot sequences.

The Words of Making

All boot diskettes are NOT created equal
How to make various boot diskettes
The quickest way to make a boot floppy.
Is there any way to make a rescue disk from DOS?
looking at mbr, partition boot, boot.0200 etc.

What about all that LBA stuff??? Linear mode ???

What are those orange links?

Find-List (all keywords)

So, is it LILO or lilo?