lilo & lilo.conf

[matthew tebbens <matthew@tebbens.com>]

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

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       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.



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