[UCLA-LUG] booting linux after MBR was rewritten

[johng]

Hi,

I have, I'm sure, a very common situation and was looking to be pointed
towards the right reference to fix my problem. 

I had redhat 6.2 running fine on a PC and wanted to add Windows 2000 to
make a dual-boot system.  Reading that Windows won't start if it is not
below the 1024th cylinder, I backed up the system completely and
repartitioned the hard drive so that I could fit Windows in the front. 
I also put a partition below the 1024th cylinder to hold my /boot.  I
installed windows and using tomsrtbt (toms root boot - a small kernel on
a floppy that loads into ram) I copied everything back to the ext2
partitions I assigned for linux.  Now the problem is that I have no idea
how to boot the machine using my kernel on the hard drive.  Windows 2000
is, of course, happy as a clam not caring about the linux partitions.  I
only know how to boot with this ram loading kernel.  I can mount the
other partitions and everything is there.  I have tried to make a LILO
disk on another machine, but to no avail.  I am looking for any way to
boot linux on the machine, whether it is lilo, loadlin, or just from a
floppy all the time.

Of course, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  

-John Gianvittorio
johng@ee.ucla.edu