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- From: mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com (Matt Harrell)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: Is Amiboot or Lilo necessary?
- Date: 16 Feb 1996 20:20:22 GMT
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- Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@cs.KULeuven.ac.be) wrote:
-
- : This won't work because the Kickstart ROM doesn't know how to boot Linux/m68k.
- : You need Amiboot (to launch Linux/m68k after AmigaOS has booted) or Amiga-lilo
- : (to launch Linux/m68k before AmigaOS has booted).
-
- : Lilo installs a custom boot block that loads a Linux/m68k loader which boots
- : Linux/m68k. Lilo has a builtin boot menu, but of course you can configure it to
- : boot automatically. In that case you can select among different OSes using the
- : standard boot menu (hold both mouse buttons).
-
- According to the Linux docs, Amiga Lilo does not work with the newest
- kernels, though. Does anyone know if this will be fixed in the near
- future? Thanks.
-
- Matt Harrell
-