Quoting Tom Lees ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > While I'm at it, *PLEASE* drop the dependency of lilo on mbr. I don't want > a new mbr eg if I want to install LILO to use on a floppy ONLY (I use > GRUB on my HD). Change it to Recommends. mbr being a high priority and/or > essential (can't remember if it is) should be enough.
Can someone explain what the point of mbr is? Why not just install lilo directly to the mbr? (I always go back and do this for security reasons anyway: I've disabled floppy boot in the bios, why do I want an mbr that re-enables it?) Mike Stone