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- From: haible@izfm386i.fertigungstechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Pascal Haible)
- Subject: Re: Bootmanager and LILO
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.184535.7709@news.uni-stuttgart.de>
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- Organization: IZFM, University of Stuttgart, FRG
- References: <1992Oct21.183303.7619@imada.ou.dk> <ml_q0yp+@aix01.rz.fht-mannheim.de> <1992Nov6.164719.6087@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:45:35 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.164719.6087@u.washington.edu> barr@stein.u.washington.edu (David Barr) writes:
- >>Kees de Bruin (kees@imada.ou.dk) wrote:
- >>: I'm using Linux for quite some time now, but are currently using a
- >>: shoelace/bootmanager combination to boot DOS/OS2/Linux. Because I
- >>: want to shift to version .98 using the SLS and knowing that shoelace
- >>: does not work wit SLS.98, I was wondering if I can use LILO and the
- >>: bootmanager together.
- >
- >If you are using lilo, you don't need a boot manager. Lilo takes care of that.
- >You install Lilo, then use fdisk to make your linux partition your bootable
- >partition. If you hold down the shift, control or alt key while the computer
- >is booting up, you get a prompt asking which partition you want to boot off of.
-
- LILO 0.5 can't boot OS/2 on a logical partition. I'm having this configuration
- to keep DOS-Partition online in OS/2, making D: my OS/2 boot drive.
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