Help!! LILO Killed my system

[Edude03]

Ok, i tried to install a linux distro on my other hard drive and setup put the boot loader on my primary harddrive with windows XP on it.

When I try to boot my pc it say "07" all over my screen
Not much more I can say.

Does anyone know how to reinstall lilo or even better tp install grub?
If it makes any difference I have a few distro CD's I can try
Beatrix 2005.1F
Mandrake 10.1 (officail)
Vector 5 soho
Bonzai
Good goat
Damn small
Dyne:Bolic

[Edude03]

CAn't forget my manners
Thanks for all your help
Michael

[dylunio]

THis might help if you want to install grub: http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-19999.html

[pasta4u2]

I am having the exact same problem... Had a working XP install, then tried to install Mandrake 10.1 and I see "L 07 07 07 07..." on the screen when I try to boot. I installed linux to my second hard drive and LILO to the MBR, but no luck.

In the past I have had similar issues with GRUB... When I used to have a Red Hat 7.3 install on the second drive, I ended up having to do a fixmbr to get back into windows and was stuck using a boot disk to get to my linux partition.

Any ideas? Thanks!

[dylunio]

IIRC if you boot the Mandriva/mandrake install cd there is an option to repare the bootloader.

[pasta4u2]

I fixed it!

At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I outline the solution in case anyone made the same absent-minded mistake:

When I installed my second HD in my BIOS, I never changed the setting for the second hard drive from "OFF" to "AUTO"... duh!

Check out this link:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...05/02/2/283778

[loft306]

I fixed it!

At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot, I outline the solution in case anyone made the same absent-minded mistake:

When I installed my second HD in my BIOS, I never changed the setting for the second hard drive from "OFF" to "AUTO"... duh!

Check out this link:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...05/02/2/283778

that dose do it!