Re: Grub vs LILO
Just FYI you can also swap disks with LILO.
(I've not often seen it mentioned so I guess I'll say it aloud here)
Apart from the syntax that was a bit more evoluted than GRUB's it is
exactly the same.
It's something like this:
map-drive = 0x80 # Logically swap the drives so that when
they
to = 0x81 # are accessed via the BIOS, the second
drive
map-drive = 0x81 # will appear as the first and the
first as
to = 0x80 # the second.
(from http://www.wwnet.net/~stevelim/booting.html)
LILO's not dead (yet) :-)
Romain
Susumu Takuwa wrote:
> >>>>> On 13 Jan 2001 10:38:54 +1100
> Brian May writes:
>
> BM> I didn't think Windows could boot from a slave drive?
>
> Yes. But i can boot Windows 98 by using GRUB with `map'
> command. GRUB's info says following,
>
> > DOS/Windows
> > -----------
> >
> > GRUB cannot boot DOS or Windows directly, so you must chain-load them
> > (*note Chain-loading::). However, their boot loaders have some critical
> > deficiencies, so it may not work to just chain-load them. To overcome
> > the problems, GRUB provides you with two helper functions.
> >
> > If you have installed DOS (or Windows) on a non-first hard disk, you
> > have to use the disk swapping technique, because that OS cannot boot
> > from any disks but the first one. The workaround used in GRUB is the
> > command `map' (*note Commands::), like this:
> >
> > grub> map (hd0) (hd1)
> > grub> map (hd1) (hd0)
> >
> > This performs a "virtual" swap between your first and second hard
> > drive.
> >
> > *Caution:* This is effective only if DOS (or Windows) uses BIOS to
> > access the swapped disks. If that OS uses a special driver for the
> > disks, this probably won't work.
>
> regards,
>
> Susumu Takuwa
>
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