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- Path: sparky!uunet!unislc!erc
- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: How to boot a SCSI drive (w/ a WD7000 FASST)
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- References: <1992Sep14.114513.21477@colorado.edu>
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.200938.25497@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:09:38 GMT
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- Drew Eckhardt (drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu) wrote:
-
- : In article <1992Sep14.043836.11320@udel.edu> golden@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Edward Golden) writes:
- :
- : > First, how do I make 0.97 boot completely from the hard disk? I'd like to
- :
- : Install the master boot record of your choice, and either
- : LILO or Shoelace.
-
- I tried using LILO and shoelace, but found them to be too complicated, so
- what *I* do is to boot MSDOS, then use bootlin to boot the kernel from the
- MSDOS partition. I haven't had any problems with it, and I don't have to
- screw with my partition table. Works for me.
-
- I don't know why more people aren't using bootlin, since it has less impact
- on the system than anything else I've seen.
- --
- Ed Carp, N7EKG erc@apple.com 801/538-0177
- "This is the final task I will ever give you, and it goes on forever. Act
- happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love,
- and do what you will." -- Dan Millman, "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior"
-