Re: Where to put LILO??

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From: SVeDo
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 00:00

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If you want to dual boot put it on your MBR (main boot Drive)

Sven
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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From: "SVeDo" <svedo@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Where to put LILO??
Date: 1999/03/09
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