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That's what confuses me .. as I understand it (at least what's in the RedHat
manual), you can install Lilo in the Linux root, instead of the MBR .. the
only thing is I think you have to make that partition (or disk it's on) the
active partition ..

This is the kind of scheme I want to follow, as I'm already running NT &
Win95 on primary disk ( RedHat's going on Secondary) .........

I think the scsi would have to boot first btw ... I think they like that
;-)

Tony B

Marshall wrote in message <7c88l9$fr9$1@news.eisa.net.au>...
>Heya,
>I run linux/w98 with 2 HDD's on my puta, although mine are both IDE the
>premise should be the same..
>
>Lilo runs in the MBR (Master Boot Record, i think there is some confusion
>over this in some other replys...) of which ever drive is set in the BIOS
to
>boot too (on my system, the win98 drive). Then you set up lilo (its totally
>configurable) either by using a setup utillity (ie YaST in SuSE) or via
>editing lilo.conf, usually found in /etc. I would totally recogmend using
>lilo as your boot manager, as it allows you to send command lines to the
>kernel during boot.
>
>If you need any help actually setting up LILO, post again.... i'm sure
there
>are loads of people available to help.
>
>Dave
>
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>         Dave Marshall (harrykim@moonet.org)
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>s_y_t@my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7c1jtk$u2o$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>I have 2 2gig drives - one scsi, one ide.  Win98 will be on one and Linux
>will
>>be on the other.  I'd prefer to choose which OS loads by specifying the
>boot
>>order of the drives in BIOS.  Can this be done?
>>
>>I'd rather avoid using LILO at all.  Can i achieve this by installing LILO
>to
>>the boot sector of the Linux root partition rather than installing it to
>the
>>MBR of the Linux drive?  Would Linux boot if i then select this drive to
>boot
>>first in BIOS?
>>
>>Or, if i put the W98 drive first in boot order (under BIOS) would LILO (on
>>the other drive) be avoided in any event?  If LILO is in the MBR of the
>Linux
>>drive, what happens if i later take the W98 drive out of the machine?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>syt
>>
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