Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 07:59:17 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@is.co.za> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: mick3@attglobal.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LI Boot failure Message-ID: <19991004075917.B18242@is.co.za> In-Reply-To: <37F796D8.6E09AE19@gorean.org> References: <37F6577B.778EDBA1@attglobal.net> <37F796D8.6E09AE19@gorean.org>
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If you have a Windows 9x boot disk lying around, a "fdisk /mbr" often does the trick if you want to get rid of LILO. Cheers, Marc On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 10:48:08AM -0700, Doug wrote: > John Michelini wrote: > > > > Every once in a while, I will power my computer on and the bootstrap > > doesn't load; instead I get the two characters "LI" at the top of the > > screen with a blinking cursor next to it, and cannot boot the system. I > > must re-install FreeBSD in order to get around this problem. > > That's a linux LILO problem. If you don't still have linux on your > system you need to find out how to get rid of LILO once and for all. I > assume that the linux lists would have some help for you. You might also > try searching our mail archives since someone else has probably come > across this problem. > > Good luck, > > Doug > -- > "Stop it, I'm gettin' misty." > > - Mel Gibson as Porter, "Payback" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Marc Silver IS Hosting Infrastructure The Internet Solution Tel: (+27 11) 283 5500 Fax: (+27 11) 283 5001 E-mail: marcs@is.co.za Web: www.is.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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