Re: [TP570] Won't boot; displays "LI" on screen-FDISK /MBR

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From: m.o.davis_at_gte.net
Date: Sat Jun 03 2000 - 15:44:46 EDT

Addressed to: Ken <kenzo_at_free-music.com>
              Thinkpad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>

** Reply to note from Ken <kenzo_at_free-music.com> Sat, 03 Jun 2000 11:25:58 -0400

> So, if I run FDISK /MBR, what state will that restore the MBR to? What will
> the machine try to boot to?

The machine will boot to the active primary partition on the hard disk, ie C:.

> Any thoughts as to why this only suddenly stopped working?

Nope. There is some info out there somewhere about what it means when LILO
stops; it apparently means something different depending on which letter it
stops on. I did a cursory Google search on this before I responded the first
time but I couldn't find the info.

Mark in San Angelo
m.o.davis_at_gte.net
06/03/00, 15:44:44

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