[Gllug] Triple booting Linux/Win98/Win2000

[Kim Hawtin]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:32:33AM -0000, Paul Brazier wrote:
> > >Install Linux last definitely so you can put Lilo on the master
> > >boot record (MBR) without Windows overwriting it.
> > 
> > Which is, of course, why installing into the MBR is a bad idea.
> > Using the first sector of the boot partition instead is a much
> > better option, and I don't understand why distributions don't do
> > it by default. That has the advantages of not being overwritten
> > when installing another OS,
> 
> Isn't all the information stored in /etc/lilo.conf though, so if
> this happens you can just boot into Linux with a rescue disk and
> run /sbin/lilo to restore it?
> 
> > plus you don't screw up the drive when you lose your Linux
> > partition and LILO can't boot its second stage loader. The
> > latter obviously isn't a problem with Grub, which I'd recommend
> > over LILO now anyway. Not only is it more user friendly, it's
> > easier to configure, and it works better over serial consoles
> > (for me, at least).
> 
> I'd like to try Grub but I'm a bit worried about fscking up my
> setup.  Why is Lilo still so popular if Grub is superior - just
> resistance to change and the fact that most documentation assumes
> you have lilo?

when debian uses grub as the default, the world will move on...

kim
~ why push a whale up the beach with a pointy stick when a toothpick
will do ...
-- 
:Kim_Hawtin:--------------------------------------:-----------------:
| A.L. Digital Ltd.   Tel: +44 (20) 8742 0755     |   .^. Don't fear|
| The Stores          Fax: +44 (20) 8742 5995     |   /V\   the     |
| 2 Bath Road         http://www.thebunker.net    |  // \\ penguins!| 
| London W4 1LT       http://www.aldigital.co.uk  | /(   )\         |
| UNITED KINGDOM      mailto:kim at aldigital.co.uk  |  ^^ ^^          |



-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug