Re: Pre-21 LILO signature error

[Afanassy Thompson <afanassy geckonet net>]

>>>>> "l" == larry  <larry worldcontrol com> writes:

>> When I use a backup/rescue disk, and re-run LILO to write out the MBR,
>> the error states:
>> 
>> "First Boot Sector has a pre-21 LILO signature."  
>> 
>> If I rerun the entire RH Upgrade installation, I get the same mistake at
>> that last moment when the system attempts to write out the boot partition.
>> 
>> Again, attempting to reboot the system in its current state, which I cannot
>> fix because of the above, yields a:
>> 
>> lilo: error 0x1

Your /boot is probably the problem. Did you by chance put back your
old /boot post upgrading? Do you still have the new one that the
upgrade made? If you still have it, put it back & edit that one &
/etc/liloconf after it works again.
A
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