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  • From: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • To: eric AT sandall.us
  • Cc: spencero AT mail.utexas.edu, Source Mage - Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] 1.0 iso suggestions
  • Date: 23 Oct 2002 12:06:31 -0400

IIRC it does tell you that if you want it on the MBR you need to change
the conf (and how).

On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 13:02, Eric Sandall wrote:
>
> Spencer Ogden said:
> > If I remember correctly this has always been a 'feature'. It made sense
> > when Sorcery was usually the second distro on a box, but now that we are
> > releasing I think it is a little much to expect users to know they have
> > to put a loader in the MBR seperate from the installation process, no
> > one else does it that way...
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> > On Tuesday 22 October 2002 07:19 pm, Eric Sandall wrote:
> >> Good job on the ISO! Went flawlessly for me, I can even use XFS now!
> >> One slight problem with LILO, though, it still defaults to a partition
> >> for boot, rather than a disk. Is this a bug (perhaps with the lilo
> >> spell in my section), or perhaps a "feature" so that LILO won't
> >> overwrite a boot loader the user may already have?
> >>
> >> -One of Four
> >> a.k.a. sandalle
>
> Perhaps we should then give more info on the installer? Perhaps in the
> menu where you can Optionally Re-configure LILO, and inform the user that
> if they want SMGL to install the boot loader for the entire system, change
> boot to use /disc instead of /partx, otherwise, leave as is and modify
> their normal boot loader (Norton Commander, Windows, GRUB, etc.)
>
> -One of Four
> a.k.a. sandalle
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