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[John T Copeland <johnc AT neto.com>]

I don't agree with placing lilo in the MBR.  I never do.  I have a 
primary booter, BootMagic from Power Quest in the MBR.  lilo has 
problems booting multiple Linux partitions(it seems to want all the 
kernels in one partition, /boot, and the first one it sees.  maybe a 
bug).  Also, boot PC-DOS, Win2K, and even RedHat.

If one only uses Linux, and only one partition of Linux, lilo in the MBR 
is AOK.

Whatever we do, we should do a very good job of explaining what is going 
on with lilo and booting during the install.  This is a very confusing 
issue with many people, especially newbies.  If one understands lilo, 
linux, etc and is experienced, lilo presents no problems.

JohnC

Adam Clark wrote:

> Hey Wyatt,
>
> I agree with you on the point that I never put LILO outside of the MBR
> either.  Maybe we should take a poll somewhere, as I'd personally like to
> change it to disc too.
>
> Regarding jfs - before we even consider the alterations that would need to
> be done, why the jfs kick from 'ya all of a sudden?  We already have several
> journalling FS options built in, with the supporting software.  Personally,
> I would consider getting Raid support going during install a higher priority
> than adding in jfs, and even that is fairly low on the list, as I'd like to
> get a 'net install going very soon.  I think a lot of benefits can come by
> the work needed to get an okay net install done.
>
> But anyhow, let me know your thoughts... I like having pretty good reasons
> behind feature bloat.  =)
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:05:52 -0800 (PST)
> "Wyatt Draggoo" <wyatt AT draggoo.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > > Out of curiosity, is this option even necessary?  Ie, if, after doing
> > > the kernel install, you go and edit lilo.conf (which the menu option
> > > presents you with) and you put in the appropriate 'disc' instead of
> > > 'part', doesn't that re-do the MBR properly?  If it does, is this
> > > something that should be made clearer in the install guide?
> > >
> > > If not, why not?
> > >
> > > Obviously, I'd like to try and curb this kind of problem.
> > >      
> > Maybe we should find out if we should switch the default to disc instead
> > of part.  I have *never* put LILO on anything but the MBR, and have to
> > change it during the install every time.  If the majority of the folks
> > installing SMGL are the same, we could change the default lilo.conf, and
> > add a notice saying we did so to the installer.
> >
> > Speaking of installer, Adam, do you have any plans for 2.4.20-based ISO? 
> > I'd really like to be able to install on JFS, and could patch the current
> > install system to give that option, but I would need the 2.4.20 kernel
> > with jfs support, and the jfsutils on the ISO...
> >
> > Wyatt
> >
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> > Wyatt Draggoo
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