Re: Lilo F4A

1999-05-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 4 May 1999, John Galt wrote: : : Most certainly, the "F" is for floppy boot, the "4" is for booting from : /dev/hda4, and the "A" is for showing all bootable partitions on /dev/hda. : The only drawback to this prompt is that you are strictly limited to : /dev/hda--no booting off /dev

Re: Lilo F4A

1999-05-04 Thread John Galt
Most certainly, the "F" is for floppy boot, the "4" is for booting from /dev/hda4, and the "A" is for showing all bootable partitions on /dev/hda. The only drawback to this prompt is that you are strictly limited to /dev/hda--no booting off /dev/hdb at all. It was in the docs the last time I chec

Re: Lilo F4A

1999-05-04 Thread Clyde Wilson
Thanks, Nathan On Tue, 4 May 1999, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, 4 May 1999, Clyde Wilson wrote: > > : If I install a new system and don't run lilo I sometimes get > : F4A or something close. Is this prompt usable? > > It's the prompt from mbr. Docs in /usr/doc/mbr . > > -- > Nathan Nor

Re: Lilo F4A

1999-05-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 4 May 1999, Clyde Wilson wrote: : If I install a new system and don't run lilo I sometimes get : F4A or something close. Is this prompt usable? It's the prompt from mbr. Docs in /usr/doc/mbr . -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Lilo F4A

1999-05-04 Thread Clyde Wilson
If I install a new system and don't run lilo I sometimes get F4A or something close. Is this prompt usable?