How to reinstall LILO if it is deleted, and you can't boot Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Create a rescue disk(or bootdisk) 2. mount the /dev/hda2(or you hd** which your linux lays) 3. make a bootdisk by copying the current kernel to /dev/fd0. To do this just write: dd if=/mnt/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 (you must insert a disk into your floppy drive) 4. Set the boot root device with rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda2 5. Boot off the floppy 6. Your system must boot normally 7. Run lilo like lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf to reinstall lilo. 8. Reboot the machine. Everything should be in order