On Thu, Aug 21, 1997 at 10:44:08PM -0700, Mike Schmitz wrote:
> make the "boot" line in /etc/lilo.conf read
>   boot=/dev/hda   - or sda for SCSI
> and run lilo

Urgh. That's the wrong solution. It is unnecessary in 95% of cases to put
LILO in the MBR, and it just makes things more confusing later if you want
to remove it.

> alternatively, toggle the "bootable" flag on the partition that the "boot"
> line points at.

That's the correct one.


Hamish
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