[Nottingham] Which Bootloader?

[Johannes Kling]

Hello,

> > I tried "dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 | strings" with some success on
> > some systems, but that doesn't strike me as the most reliable way
> 
> Personally I'd say that it /is the most reliable way/, since you can't get
> much more accurate than reading what's actually written to the disk and is
> going to get booted!

I agree that it would be the most reliable way of telling if I knew
precisely what LILO and GRUB but into the MBR. The unreliability
comment related to relying on strings to fish for hints in it.

Regards,
  Johannes