From: "L. C. Robinson" <lcr@onewest.net>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Getting dos hard drive to boot from lilo
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 02:10:42 -0700 (MST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112070152310.2661-100000@rupin.localnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011207094346.1ad8c046.gandre@arkeia.com>
On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Gil Andre wrote:
> ...
> This is a limitation of DOS/Windows systems: they can only be
> booted from the first hard disk of your machine (/dev/hda_).
But you will observe that she used some lilo trickery to make
MS-DOS think it was booting from the first drive, by logically
swapping the drives. I have used this scheme successfully for
years, on my own machine (till the drive went flaky -- haven't
even missed it -- got to where I hated the frustrations that toy
OS put me through, and almost never booted it anyway).
> These operating systems simply assume they are the first, only
> and/or most important operating systems on your hard disk and
> will simply refuse to boot from any other drive.
Annoying, isn't it. But she will be able to fool the stupid M$
stuff, when she gets the rest of her config right.
> ...
> I think the only way out of your problem would be to install
> move the Linux hard disk in another position, since Linux
> ...
But, you see, she already knows about another way out.
<rest snipped>
--
L. C. Robinson
reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid
People buy MicroShaft for compatibility, but get incompatibility and
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out how MS holds your data hostage with "The *Lens*"; see
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