A couple of things: On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 03:14:53AM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > Personally I prefer to boot to DOS and then use LOADLIN to boot Linux. This > avoids all the hassle that people seem to have with lilo (I've never tried > lilo cos everything I hear about it seems like pain and grief); it doesn't Seriously, LILO is one of the easiest to use programs around. Type 'lilo' as root, and it's setup and done. > really slow things down - one line autoexec.bat, no config.sys, DOS boots > more or less instantly! You can pass it all the lilo-type boot parameters > with a response file, and you don't get the problem of not being able to > boot because lilo is misconfigured, or the 1024 cylinder problem. The 1024 problem hasn't existed for a couple of years now. How often does LILO get messed up enough that you can't boot? -rob
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