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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] lilo report
  • Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:11:19 +1300

James Miller wrote:
>
> if I had a computer with two adjacent partitions--
> one having BL2 and the other BL3, I could run the lilo
> executable from either and, using the -b switch, cause
> it to write the boot loader to another partition.
> Is that right?

Yes.

> let's say I'm booted into BL2 on hda2 and have pkg'd lilo
> there: I can issue lilo -v -b /dev/hda3 and it will write
> the BL2 lilo bootloader to the BL3 partition, right?

Yes, but you'll also have to tell lilo where the BL3
kernel resides.

> From what you're saying though, BL1's lilo is set to
> write to the partition's boot sectors, not the disk's
> (the mbr). Is that what you're saying?

Yes. The lilo in the floppy version of BL3 is the same.

Cheers,
Steven

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