Re: lilo & lilo.conf

[Nathan E Norman <finn@midco.net>]

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, matthew tebbens wrote:

: 
: Does anyone know why the "table=" config statement
: is required in the subsections of "other" operating systems
: for the lilo.conf file ? ...why does windows or msdos have 
: to know where the partition information is ?
: 
: Thanks,
: Matthew
: 
: ------
:        table=device
:               This  specifies the device that contains the parti
:               tion table.  The boot loader will not  pass  parti
:               tion  information to the booted operating system if
:               this variable is omitted. (Some  operating  systems
:               have  other means to determine from which partition
:               they have been booted.  E.g., MS-DOS usually stores
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:               the  geometry  of the boot disk or partition in its
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:               boot sector.)  Note that /sbin/lilo must be  re-run
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^
:               if a partition table mapped referenced with `table'
:               is modified.

I would say that's the reason right there :)

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