Problem one to be expected is ” I cannot Boot Linux Anymore”. It seems that you have successfully installed the Linux distro of your choice. Then one fine day you may a change to your Windows OS- Windows 09 , XP or Vista / System 7/ Suddenly Linux no longer seems to boot and indeed stops working. You no longer see the lilo boot prompt. so you can no longer specify that indeed you wan to boot Linux.

What to do ? It seems that various operating systems tend to think that they are the only ones in the universe. It not unlike media centers in Windows that when newly installed take over and make themselves l”King” the “default” setup.

Therefore when the new Operating System is installed they write things to the area of the system or specifically the hard drive – or now sometimes solid state “hard drives”, called the Master Boot Record (MBR). This process overlays and overwrites the basic Linux boot loader (called LILO) and stops you dead in your tracks from booting Linux.

Overall the best correction is a good prevention . Make an emergency floppy or usb stick as a boot disk.

Keep this handy, when you do update or change your system ( or during any other significant event in your “Linux career” , such as repartitioning your disks or rebuilding your kernel.

Thus if you make a mistake then you can boot with your boot device – be it floppy or usb stick , or cd / dvd.

Its not unlike safe mode in Windows.

Then when you have rebooted your system using your boot device , simply log on as “root”, then type LILO on the command line. This will repair the MBR ( Master Boot Record) reinstalling Lilo.

You are now off to the races !!!

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The second major group of system failures consists of various file system corruptions and outright mistakes. It is conceivable that an untimely power failure could corrupt files vital to booting even a rudimentary system. Perhaps more likely is that such files get altered or deleted by an overuse of the root account. There are many ways that a Linux system could become damaged, but in the end if the system becomes unbootable, you need to somehow recover from the emergency.

Although having a system fail to boot can be one of the most distressing types of failures, it’s not the only one you might have to guard against. Files and entire directories may get damaged or deleted over time. Mistakes and misfortunes do happen, so you need to know how to handle them. The following sections describe some of the options you have after the system fails to boot, files or file systems get corrupted, or you forget the root password.

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In terms of a relatively standard install from a CD- that is booting from a CD or DVD Rom , the steps would be as follows:

First of all this process of booting from a CD Rom is probably the best as well as overall simplest option available.   If you do have a IDE or Sata CD-Rom first change the boot order of the startup to handle this.  Go into your bios setup .  Chose the CD Rom as the first boot device in the boot up sequence.

To enter the bios , note on the initial startup screen the key choices or strokes to “enter the bios”  or “enter the control panel”.   With today’s fast computers this may flash by you in a whiz and may have to be repeated several times.   It is usually the delete key.  Other choices include the <F2> . <F10> or >F12> keys alone or in sequence.   Be careful not to initiate a windows reoovery process by this means , although if you are doing a full hard drive Linux install this will not be of concern.  If you cannot determine what the keystroke or keystroke combination to enter your brand or model of bios – then Google “commands to enter bios”, “Commands to enter bios of your model”  , “How to get into the bios”  and “how to get into the bios of model x”  or even “I cannot get into my bios….model”.  At the worst take out a piece of hardware such as a ram stick , or disconnect a piece of hardware onyour motherboard.

On boot up your computer will recognize that the hardware configuration has changed and will enter its bios in order for you to rectify the situation.

Once in you should be able either spot the setting page simply by ” change boot order sequence” , or find a setting in the bios settings.   Failing that hunt around diligently under the hood.  Simpler on some computer bios models – there may be an additional keystroke choice simply marked “change boot order sequence”

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