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LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOW-TO

Al Dev (Alavoor Vasudevan)

v10.3, 21 Jan 2002

This document discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures. Various reasons for linux system failures can be - LILO is destroyed, or linux fails to boot, or Master Boot Record (MBR) is damaged or linux fails to boot when another operating system like Windows NT is installed which erases LILO or MBR.

1. Introduction

1.1 Tiny Floppy Linux

2. Crash Recovery

2.1 Preparation Tips
2.2 Quick Steps to recovery
2.3 Precautionary measures
2.4 Removing LILO
2.5 Common mistakes

3. Related URLs

4. Other Formats of this Document

4.1 Acrobat PDF format
4.2 Convert Linuxdoc to Docbook format
4.3 Convert to MS WinHelp format
4.4 Reading various formats

5. Copyright

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