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> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Mikael Bonnier wrote:
> > boot=/dev/hda   ###  puts lilo in MBR of primary harddrive
> >                 ###  otherwise lilo goes in root partition
> > image=/boot/zimage
> >    label=BL3
> >    root=CURRENT
> >    read-write
> >
> > Then I run lilo -v and now it boots from /dev/hda2 
>
> If it boots from /dev/hda2, then CURRENT was /dev/hda2
> (i.e. you were running from /dev/hda2) when you executed 
> lilo -v.  If you want, you can replace root=CURRENT with 
> root=/dev/hda1
>
> > Are there any disadvatages to using MBR? 
>
> If you only want to boot one operating system (i.e. BL3),
> then there are no disadvantages.  However, if you would 
> also like to boot to DOS or other version of Linux, then 
> it's not so good.
>
> > How could I restore MBR so I could use the standard 
> > installation procedure? 
>
> Do you have a DOS boot floppy with fdisk (DOS version)
> on it?  If so, boot from that floppy and execute:
> ----------
> fdisk /mbr
> ----------
> That will restore a generic boot sector to the HD.
> Then when you boot the HD, it will boot whichever 
> partition has the boot flag set.  

I tried fdisk with option o (create new empty partition table). The idea 
was that this would make the same boot sector as DOS fdisk /mbr. Then I 
recreated partitions and installed BL 3.50 to the hard drive using the 
recommended method. (It is not too difficult to reinstall repeatedly on 
hd since I've written a helpful script which I download using wget, and 
uploaded using ftpput -- se below.)

This just hang the computer before even booting. The only way I can get 
it to boot on this laptop is to install lilo to MBR. I hope I can have 
at least two small different linuces and perhaps FreeDOS on the laptop 
HD of 1.1 GB.


#!/bin/sh

umount /hd
mke2fs /dev/hda2
mount /dev/hda2 /hd
install-to-hd
fdisk -l /dev/hda


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