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Old 08-01-2003, 10:56 PM   #1
Justin_001
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lilo boot


hey, does lilo have to be installed on the MBR for it to run on boot.

i have it installed on another partition, but im still booting from a boot disk and its annoying me
 
Old 08-01-2003, 11:00 PM   #2
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No, it doesn't. You need to toggle the bootable flag on the partition that lilo is on to 'true' (hint: 'fdisk'), and make sure all the others are false.
 
Old 08-01-2003, 11:03 PM   #3
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ok, thanx for ur post, but i dont know what all that means. can u tell me how to do that boottable thing??
 
Old 08-02-2003, 12:27 AM   #4
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May be this can help you...
 
  


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