Re: 1FA: problem still in hamm disks

[Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>]

Quoting Tom Lees (tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk):
> While I'm at it, *PLEASE* drop the dependency of lilo on mbr. I don't want
> a new mbr eg if I want to install LILO to use on a floppy ONLY (I use
> GRUB on my HD). Change it to Recommends. mbr being a high priority and/or
> essential (can't remember if it is) should be enough.

Can someone explain what the point of mbr is? Why not just install lilo
directly to the mbr? (I always go back and do this for security reasons
anyway: I've disabled floppy boot in the bios, why do I want an mbr
that re-enables it?)

Mike Stone