[ltp] LILO and Boot Manager

[Curtis, Paul]

Hi alex,

Thought you might like to know,
redhat 6.1 is now shipping with a slimmed down
version of partition magic --- compusa is selling 6.1
on cd for $20 this week.

I'm still running 6.0 and using the full version of partition magic.

paul curtis

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Campo Weijerman [SMTP:campo@raleigh.ibm.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 03, 1999 1:39 AM
> To:	linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject:	Re: [ltp] LILO and Boot Manager
> 
> On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 08:57:04PM +0000, Alex Bell wrote:
> > 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? 
> Well, I don't use RH myself, so I don't know. Maybe there is an option
> to skip lilo entirely. Then boot the installed system from a floppy
> (like typing "linux root=/dev/hdXX" at the lilo: prompt). You then have
> the option of always booting from floppy (which works fine, although a
> bit slow) or installing lilo "manually".
> 
> Personally I don't like all these "wizards" who try to be smarter then me.
> I have heard people talk about "expert mode" installation which is
> supposed to give one full control over what it does.
> Regards,
> Campo
> --
> Campo Weijerman <campo@raleigh.ibm.com>
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