On Saturday 31 July 2004 02:24, Andrew Graupe wrote: > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > >On Saturday 31 July 2004 12:22, Andrew Graupe wrote: > >>>install lilo using your rescue disc with just one entry (your WinXP > >> > >>How would I do this? I've never used lilo, so tell me step-by-step what > >>to do once I have booted into knoppix. > > > >http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html > > > >basically, you'll need to whip up a lilo.conf (covered in the above linked > >HOWTO) and run /sbin/lilo which will install lilo on your disk. if knoppix > >doesn't provide lilo (e.g. only uses grub), you'll need to install that > > first =) i have no idea what knoppix is using these days. > > I'm gonna stick with my GRUB bootdisk (does anyone know how to configure > grub.conf for a boot floppy?) until Tuesday, at which time I shall call > Dell/MS tech support and see what they say about my non-starting > Recovery Console.
i'd LMAO if it turns out it's dieing because of the bad MBR... > I much prefer GRUB to LILO, and if I configure grub.conf right, and keep > the disk in, it will be just like having an MBR. So can anyone help > with THAT? i much prefer GRUB to LILO too, but primarily because of its added flexibility that is so useful for booting Free OSes and in multiboot situations. since you aren't involved in doing either, i'd just as soon not have to deal with having a disk around at all. though you could probably make a tiny partition on your hard disk for grub and get rid of that annoyance too. -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
