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Re: bf 2.2.8 vanishing reboot abilities



>>>>> "Ross" == Ross Boylan <RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org> writes:

    Ross> This was after I had a complete system up and running.  I did not make the 
    Ross> system bootable from the hard disk (during the initial installation), but I 
    Ross> did create a boot-floppy.

    Ross>  From what you say, there's no surprise if the floppy lacks lilo.conf, so I 
    Ross> think the mystery is what happened to /etc/lilo.conf on the hard drive.

 It was never written.  It gets written by `dbootstrap' when you
 select "Make the system bootable from the hard drive".  If you skip
 that step, no "lilo.conf" will be generated.


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