On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Robert William Hutton wrote: > I'd recommend that you install LILO using the first woody CD. LILO, unlike > GRUB, installs itself exclusively in the MBR, so you don't need some other > partition for the stage 2 loader which GRUB requires.
That's not correct, although it's a common misunderstanding. The code in the MBR is the stage 1 loader. Its purpose is to load the stage 2 loader into memory from somewhere else on the hard drive. The two web pages give an explaination of how booting with LILO works: http://home.att.net/~lilo-boot/lbuild.htm http://home.att.net/~lilo-boot/l-i-l-o.htm -- Matt Perry | matt at primefactor dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
