In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >> boot=/dev/hda3 > >This should read > > boot=/dev/hda > >no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as >a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk. >This has caused problems for me, until I noticed it and changed it >back to /dev/hda. > >Perhaps I'm wrong, I have no problems using this approach; but I just read through the user documentation again and it does indeed say that when Linux is on a primary partition on the first hard drive, the boot parameter should be omitted so that lilo is put in the MBR. It does not explain why.
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