Kev writes:
> -u copies the last saved mbr back, so if you've run lilo more than once,
> say if you rejigged things after installing, it won't restore the "MS mbr"
> (tm). You really need the *proper* NT way of doing things for this one ...
Not quite - LILO checks timestamps to see whether it needs to do another
backup or not, and, unless you did something weird, should restore the
'original' MBR.
Colm
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