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Author:  m2h [ Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:26 pm ]
Post subject:  LILO Updated, but get msg NTLDR missing (SATA)

Req. Specs:
KnoppMyth R5A9
AMD XP-M 2500+ (u/c @ 133*12.5)
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
512MB DDR400
MSI GeforceFX 5200-TD AGP
Two Seagate 80GB 8MB SATA drives
ASUS DVD-E616P2 DVD-ROM




boot: knoppix alsa screen="800x600"
...
Followed manual install instructions for SATA.
....
Paritions: (I haven't formatted the second SATA drive yet)
Code:
SDA1 Boot  2560MB
SDA2 Swap 765MB
SDA3 Cache 10240MB
SDA4 Myth


After install, but before reboot I updated LILO by doing:

Code:
mount -o rw /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
netcardcofig -> DHCP
rm /mnt/sda1/etc/dhclient.conf -> yes
cp /etc/dhclient.conf /mnt/sda1/etc/dhclient.conf
chroot /mnt/sda1 /bin/bash
mount -t proc /proc proc
source /etc/profile
apt-get update
...
apt-get install lilo
...
lilo -v
umount /proc
exit
umount /dev/sda1
reboot


Upon reboot I get the message:
Code:
NTLDR is missing


I figure I missed a step, think I need to manually configure the lilo.conf file. However, when rebooting with the KnoppMyth CD, and entering the console, I have no idea where I should go looking, or if I have do any commands to get to the place I want to be.

I'm fairly new to Linux lingo, so explainations would be appreciated.

Author:  cecil [ Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:47 pm ]
Post subject: 

You are clearly following old directions as you should not have to update lilo. As for NTLDR, I certainly hope you want to get rid of it... Boot off the CD and
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=512 bs=1
Or you a DOS boot disk and fdisk /mbr.

Author:  m2h [ Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:04 pm ]
Post subject: 

Thanks for the code. Saves a lot of time instead of going the Win XP boot cd, and loading the SATA raid drivers to clearn the MBR.

The error was caused by a floppy in the drive at boot up.
40hrs without sleep makes me do dumb things.

However I was getting LILO - Timestamp mismatch error, that is why I was trying to update LILO.

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