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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Message from Steven
> ===================
> Mikael Bonnier wrote:
> > 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.
>
> In that case I suggest you put FreeDOS on the first
> partition (drive C:) and make it the default boot.
> Then you can use loadlin.exe (from DOS) to boot the
> other partitions.  It will also give you the option
> of running Linux from a loop file on C: (eg the DOS
> version of BL3).
>
> Cheers,
> Steven


You can make the freedos partition large enough to install the loop BL3 
(about 25MB), which is helpful for rescue if you screw up the ext2 one, or 
to experiment on.

You can also install lilo to a boot floppy disk.  I did this for one 
computer where Xvesa won't work if you boot with loadlin even bypassing 
config.sys with F5.  Then I can either boot directly to DOS without the 
boot floppy (and thence to linux without Xvesa), or put in the boot floppy 
and boot to linux (or set it up with a menu to choose between linuxes, 
with one of the linuxes as the default).

Sindi