Where to put LILO??

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#165

Author: s_y_t
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 00:00

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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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Re: Where to put LILO??

#166

Author: 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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Re: Where to put LILO??

#167

Author: ocker
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 00:00

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Hi syt,

Put Lilo in your MBR (Master Boot R????), on the HDD that your PC's
bios is set to boot  from first. If I remember correctly, at setup
time you can choose which OS (Linux or Windoze) is to be default for
boot.

When Lilo runs on turning on and booting your PC, you have I think 10
secs in which to enter your choice of which system to boot, or Lilo
boots the defualt.

As you have 2 HDD's, one for each OS, you may be able to choose at the
PC boot up which HDD to boot from.

I have a Pentium II, and on boot it listd the HDD's (ie Master 1,
Slave 1, Master 2,  Slave 2), and I can select which to boot from. As
you have 1 IDE and 1 SCSI HDD, I'm not sure that this will work in
your case.

Bill, (Just another newbie)
ocker@rocketmail.com 

On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:31:37 +1100, "SVeDo" <svedo@yahoo.com> wrote:

>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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