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Re: some questions about lilo



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Alborn <malborn@odoitau.dyn.dhs.org>
To: Christian Eckert <c_eckert@gmx.net>
Cc: Debian-User-List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: some questions about lilo

Thank you for the help!

What I've learnt:
The first bootloader (e.g. lilo) is only installable at the first
harddisk,
either in the MBR or in any boot-block of its bootable partition,
according to the line 'boot=/dev/sda' or 'boot=/dev/sdaXX'  in
lilo.conf.
But:
If I comment out the  the line 'boot=/dev/sda' or change it to
'boot=/dev/sda1'(supposed sda1 is a bootable partition),
rerun lilo and reboot. Will the MBR in this case be cleared and
ready for the installation of another bootloader ?

cheers
Christian





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