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The installation went fine, but when I tried to write the LILO information to the MBR, I got a vague error that said the installation program could not write this info to the MBR. What should I do?

April 26, 2017Error Fine GOT installation LILO MBR vague write

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The installation went fine, but when I tried to write the LILO information to the MBR, I got a vague error that said the installation program could not write this info to the MBR. What should I do?

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The MBR may be locked. You need to access your system’s BIOS and verify that the MBR is not write-protected. Also, double-check that you do not have a virus scan enabled in the BIOS that may interfere with writing to the MBR. Depending on the system, you may already have another boot loader in the MBR that conflicts with LILO.