From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:25:07 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:16:49 +0000, root wrote:   
   >   
   >> My son taught me an easy way to rebuild the boot sector when it has   
   >> been wiped (always because my error).   
   >>   
   >> Using another system, such as LiveSlack, load the drive with the   
   >> damaged sector into, say, mountpoint.   
   >>   
   >> cd mountpoint   
   >> mount --bind /sys sys   
   >> mount --bind /proc proc   
   >> mount --bind /dev dev   
   >> chroot mountpoint   
   >> lilo   
   >   
   > That seems a bit overly complicated.   
   >   
   > I've used a similar, but trimmed down, procedure   
   > 1) live boot   
   > 2) mount your host directories under the live boot /mnt directory   
   > 3) cd /mnt && chroot .   
   > 4) lilo   
   >   
   > You don't need the bind mounts.   
      
   Or even easier:   
      
   1) live boot   
   2) below /mnt mount / partition and possibly any /boot partition   
   3) lilo -r /mnt   
      
   Now, looking at the manual page of lilo it seems as if the dev directory   
   also would be needed, but I don't have any memory of doing a bind mount   
   of dev in such situations. However it might have been some years since I   
   did this the last time.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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