Organization: York University, Dept. of Computer Science
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In article <5799@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>, zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc) writes:
|> In article <1432@yetti.UUCP> frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner) writes:
|> >I was installing MCC-interim version 0.97pl2
|> ...
|> >I maybe ignorant, but
|> >the docs (installation) said nothing about lilo writing into my master boot block.
|>
|> In the file README.lilo.first I wrote a section titled 'How do I set up LILO?'.
|> This section contains an example lilo installation with a bit-by-bit explanation
|> saying
|>
|> Now this command means:
|> execute /etc/lilo/lilo to install LILO,
|> ...
|> installing the LILO boot code in the master boot record of /dev/hda,
|> ...
|>
|> At the bottom of this little file (99 lines long) there is a section of
|> WARNINGS explaining how to install LILO somewhere other than the master
|> boot record, among other things. The file README.lilo contains a complete
|> set of instructions for backing up the master boot sector and restoring
|> it. There are many WARNINGS (almost invariably in upper case letters)
|> in all the README files to the effect that you can wipe out everything
|> on your hard disk in a number of intriguing ways.
|>
|> >Now I'm stuck. I have downloaded the lilo documentation - I doubt that I can
|> >uninstall it....
|> >Maybe this info can be included in the documentation for installing mcc0.97pl2
|> >with a warning.
|>
|> The information is there, and was there before you suggested it. Please
|> do not install Linux -- or any other operating system -- without reading
|> the documentation.
|>
|> -- Owen
|> LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
THe file you mentioned README.lilo.first is it included in the lilo directory
in the MCC-INTERIM version 0.97pl2? I did not see it. If it is there my appologies. The documentation I followed was for installing the mcc version, which