Re: Boot Loader
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:41:15PM +0200, R.Stepanyan wrote:
> 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo
from the manpage for lilo.conf:
Alternately, if the boot-menu.b boot loader is installed, a menu of
boot options will be presented for your selection. The title of this
menu is overridden with the menu title specification in this
configuration file.
menu-title=<title-string>
Specifies the title line (up to 37 characters) for
the boot menu. This title replaces the default
"LILO Boot Menu" title string. If boot-menu.b is
not installed as the boot loader (see install=
option), then this line has no effect.
menu-scheme=<color-scheme>
The default color scheme of the boot menu may be
overridden on VGA displays using this option. (The
color scheme of MDA displays is fixed.) The general
color-scheme string is of the form:
<text>:<highlight>:<border>:<title>
where each entry is two characters which specify a
foreground color and a background color. Only the
first entry is required. The default highlight is
the reverse of the text color; and the default bor
der and title colors are the text color. Colors
are specified using the characters kbgcrmyw, for
blacK, Blue, Green, Cyan, Red, Magenta, Yellow, and
White: upper case for intense (fg only), lower case
for dim. Legal color-scheme strings would be
menu-scheme=Wm intense white on magenta
menu-scheme=wr:bw:wr:Yr the LILO default
menu-scheme=Yk:kw bright yellow on black
If boot-menu.b is not installed as the boot loader,
then this line has no effect.
> 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on
> hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes smth to the boot sector from
> time to time. So, I do not want to reinstall the boot loader each time I
> make an update in Win98.
I have win98 on hda1 and linux on hda7, using lilo. I don't know when
win98 writes to the mbr, unless it does it at boot. It has no reason
to do it anytime other than at install.
> 3) supports boot after hybernation in Win
I don't understand this requirement. If I hibernate my windows
session, and then bring it back up, I come back up in windows. Then I
reboot that windows session, and see the lilo menu screen. Is that
what you meant?
Since this is a debian list, I suggest you look at bug 13841.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=131841&repeatmerged=yes
I am booting with the line "message = /boot/penguins.boot" in my
lilo.conf right now, and like it a lot. Will probably switch back to
xray-blue.boot, though. I can't wait to show proprietary software
people that boot loader.
rob
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