Re: RFC: Prospective Kernel-Compiling mini-HOWTO
On Tue, Jun 24, 1997 at 01:56:23PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote:
> > boot=/dev/hda3
>
> This should read
>
> boot=/dev/hda
>
> no? Debian's installation gets this wrong, listing the boot device as
> a partition on the disk, when you're supposed to use the whole disk.
> This has caused problems for me, until I noticed it and changed it
> back to /dev/hda.
>
> Perhaps I'm wrong,
It's fine to set boot=/dev/hdaN, as long as partition hdaN is marked
active. This setup is required for OS/2 Boot Manager, etc; I can't
see an advantage in writing to the MBR (/dev/hda) rather than
the partition itself. LILO will disappear during Windows95 installation
if written to the MBR; only the active partition will be changed
if it's in the boot sector (hdaN), and you can get it back
with just Windows fdisk.
Hamish
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