[ltp] LILO and Boot Manager

[Alex Bell]

On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 12:09:12 +0100, Campo Weijerman wrote:

>Alex Bell wrote:
>
>> I want to run BootOS2 on C, OS/2 on D, Apps and data on E, a buffer FAT
>> sharable partion on F, and Linux on the rest.  And I want to be able to
>> select the bootable partitions from Boot Manager rather than LILO.  Can
>> you tell me how this is done please?
>
>If you have OS/2 bootmanager there's no need to change. I have used it for
>some time (about a year maybe) to boot into either OS/2, Win95, WinNT, or
>linux. The trick is to install LILO in the linux root partition, not the
>master boot record or anything like that. Of course you also need to add the 
>linux root partition to the OS/2 boot manager menu.
> 
Thanks, Campo.  But so far as I can understand from the RedHat manual
if I use a workstation type installation LILO will be placed on the
Master Boot Record automatically.  Is that correct?  I want it to go on
the linux root partition as you advise.  How can I do this? 

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