Kid Icarus wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently tried (re)installing Linux on my laptop. I had succesfully
> done it before. Now I'm trying a dual boot with Win 2000. The hard
> drive is ~5GB, with the first partition (~2.5GB) gone to Windows.
>
> There was a little trouble installing Linux the first time round (see
> http://www.dclug.org.uk/linux_news/d...ilwilliams.php
> for details on the problem and how I overcame it - you won't need to).
> Anyway, updated /etc/lilo.conf then typed lilo at the prompt. Got some
> text saying it couldn't update the boot partition (can't remember
> exactly).
>
> Anybody have any idea how I can get around this?
>
> Thanks
> - Liam

Boot from a Linux CD, mount your Linux partition (for example "mount /dev
hda2 /mnt"), change the directory to /mnt/etc/ and check your lilo.conf
settings. When your config is fixed, fire "lilo -r /mnt" to rewrite your
lilo.

Regards, Joerg.