Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I personally never put LILO in the MBR cos OS/2 and Win95 view the MBR
> as their territory ...
From: Alair Pereira do Lago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> if we do not have any linux partition as a primary partition in the
> first HD, lilo must go to MBR.
I th
> > back to /dev/hda.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm wrong,
And I was! :)
(As always---sigh. 3 years using Linux daily and I probably
understand 10% of what's running on my systems.)
> It's fine to set boot=/dev/hdaN, as long as partition hdaN is marked
> active. This setup is required for OS/2 Boot Mana
rsity
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:34:32 -0400
From: Buddha Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RFC: Prospective Kernel-Compiling mini-HOWTO
> Hello,
>
> This file has
On Tue, Jun 24, 1997 at 01:56:23PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote:
> > boot=/dev/hda3
>
> This should read
>
> boot=/dev/hda
>
> no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as
> a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk.
> This has caused probl
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I believe debian *always* installs LILO in the boot record and uses the
> 'mbr' program to write a new mbr (?? This is from memory - I'm not
> looking at the script)
>
> I personally never put LILO in the MBR cos OS/2 and Win95 view the MBR
> as their
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
>> boot=/dev/hda3
>
>This should read
>
> boot=/dev/hda
>
>no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as
>a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk.
>This has caused problems for me, u
Depends. Are you installing the LILO boot block in the MBR or the boot
record of the partition? If you're not going the MBR route, the hda3
line is correct.
I believe debian *always* installs LILO in the boot record and uses the
'mbr' program to write a new mbr (?? This is from memory - I'm not
From: Pete Harlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > boot=/dev/hda3
>
> This should read
>
> boot=/dev/hda
If you do this, you will over-write any boot manager you happen to have
installed on the system.
Bruce
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> boot=/dev/hda3
This should read
boot=/dev/hda
no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as
a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk.
This has caused problems for me, until I noticed it and changed it
back to /dev/hda.
Perhaps I'm
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, w
rites:
>Hello,
>
>This file has been posted to this forum a few times before in earlier
>versions. I would very much appreciate feedback on it. If enough people
>think it's a good idea, I will attempt to contribute it to the LDP.
>...
>// if you w
Hello,
This file has been posted to this forum a few times before in earlier
versions. I would very much appreciate feedback on it. If enough people
think it's a good idea, I will attempt to contribute it to the LDP.
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Kernel Compiling for Dummies
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