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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Are there other brands besides Gateway, Emachine, and
> > Compaq that act this screwy with loadlin and even lilo?
>
> I have two Compaq DeskPros.  Both work fine with loadlin
> lilo.
Yours is not SCSI.  LILO won't work unless we add an IDE drive to the SCSI 
drive.

> > We have a DELL to try next.
>
> I have one DELL Optiplex.  It works fine with loadlin and lilo.
I think we have that.

> > Can I specify a different kernel when booting with lilo without
> > reinstalling lilo?
>
> No (AFAIK).

I will edit lilo.conf and make another LILO boot floppy disk with a choice 
of kernels for BL3.

> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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