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Normal first-time installation

 

First, you have to install the LILO files:

If you want to use LILO on a non-standard disk, you might have to determine the parameters of your disk(s) and specify them in the configuration file. See section 3.4 for details. If you're using such a non-standard system, the next step is to test LILO with the boot sector on a floppy disk:

Now, you have to decide, which boot concept you want to use. Let's assume you have a Linux partition on /dev/hda2 and you want to install your LILO boot sector there. The DOS-MBR loads the LILO boot sector.



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Ross Biro
Sat May 20 13:51:22 PDT 1995