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Re: Stable Debian == obsolete??



On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:31:46PM -0600, Chema wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:01:49 +1100
> Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> wrote:
> 
> RW> > When I got to the boot loader options, I was surprised to find
> RW> > only lilo.  
> RW> 
> RW> You need a default bootloader during the install.  lilo works.  If
> RW> you don't like it, change it after the install.
> RW> 
> RW> > I was installing to /dev/hda9, guess in wich Gb is that!!
> [...]
> RW> Do you mean "grub"?  What benefits does grub have over lilo for the
> RW> initial boot of Debian?
> RW> 
> 
> Lilo can't boot from any place after the 2Gb, at least it couldn't the
> last time I used it, about a year and a half ago.  I don't know if
> they fixed it by now (don't think so), but most surely Woody's lilo
> can't do it.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I just recently installed stable
onto a 10 gig partition that was at the end of a 40 gig drive.  lilo
worked fine.

Rob



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