ke4nt1
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Posted: Sep. 08 2005,16:08 |
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In my opinion, the situation you 'just' described
illuminates the robustness and ease of configuring I
find available to me in the GRUB bootloader.
While many additional installs, or bootcodes can be added to your lilo.conf
file, and lilo rerun "with the proper commands" ....
Depending on the condition of the MBR, the partition table order,
and the skill of the operator, tragedy can occur ..
(The dreaded 9's or L's , or a bunk install, rendering your
new DSL install, and any other installs ( i.e. XP ) unaccessible.
With the grub bootloader.. Once "ONE" successful write to your
MBR is complete, editing and adding boot options is a very
straightforward and easy-to-understand affair,
with NO REWRITING of your MBR !
It makes adding installs for other distros to your bootloader,
or variations to your existing install, very painless..
(i.e. If your newly added one has incorrect syntax, and fails,
simply reboot, choose another option, and repair the bad syntax.)
Adding a windows install to it is a breeze.
And their is comfort knowing that if you made even one mistake
or typo in your setup, it can quickly and easily be fixed,
without hosing your entire boot process..
Just my thoughs on the subject..
I use both bootloaders in my systems..
Once I have lilo working nicely, I 'usually' don't like to mess with it.
Oh, and an answer to your question... add these lines,
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
Then rerun lilo
lilo -C /path/to/lilo.conf
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ke4nt
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