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If you think it's LILO, have you tried grub?

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 01:02, Duane Malcolm wrote:
> Hamish Greig wrote:
>  > - From "man lilo" but whether it can cause slow boot as well as the 
> hang you
>  > would need to find out.
>  > nobd   Suppresses the BIOS data check.  This option is reserved for use
>  >               with non-IBM-compliant BIOS's which hang with the lines:
>  >
>  >                    Loading...............
>  >                    BIOS data check
>  >
>  > Hamish
> The problem isn't after the "BIOS data check" but during the
> "Loading..............." part, this takes 15-20 sec. I tried the "nobd"
> and it still boots but doesn't load/uncompress the kernel faster.
> 
> To add to the mix. The kernel is uncompressed faster from the Sourcemage
> boot CD. I don't know why I didn't try this earlier. I think I noticed
> an "initrd" which I have been thinking about trying but am not sure how
> it works or how to do it.
> 
> To me this result kind of points to lilo not knowing how to access the
> disc properly. But I don't understand the boot-up process to say
> anymore. What do others think??
> 
> Maybe, I'll boot from CD all the time.
> 
> Duane.
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