Re: Q: Will the new Lilo be included into potato?
>>>>> "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe@orcus.priv.at> writes:
Ben> The new LILO *must* be included in potato; Linux is unusable
Ben> on about 25% of the systems I've tried without it. (You have
Ben> to use a boot floppy or put your kernel under 1024 sectors,
Ben> which is unacceptable for dual-boot systems).
Robbe> So you find all of the following solutions unacceptable?
Robbe> * using a boot floppy
Yup. Floppies die. Many machines have terribly slow floppy drives, or
no floppy drive at all.
Robbe> * having a small /boot partition before any non-Linux stuff
Impossible if you already have Windows installed.
Robbe> * using a loader different from Lilo
If the install process did this, I would be happy; it doesn't. LILO,
as difficult and ornery as it is, is not nearly as bizarre as some
other loaders.
Ben
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