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Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3



On Sun, Jun 15, 1997 at 11:24:53AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> If you are using OS/2 Boot Manager, you should NOT select the 'Make the
> Hard Disk Bootable' option.  Instead you should install LILO on the root
> partition of your hard disk (the /dev/sdb7 partition should be made
> bootable, however).

I thought debian did this anyway, and installed the "mbr"
program into /dev/hda or /dev/sda instead, which would then
boot the partition marked active.

hamish
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