From: Michele Andreoli ([email protected])
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 08:40:58 CEST
On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 09:06:12PM +0100, Clive Wright nicely wrote:
> I used to use this method until I found that using dd was
> unnecessary lilo is quite capable of writing the MBR direct
> to a file:
>
> boot=/DOS/bootsect.mul
> #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> #install=/dev/floppy/boot/cboot.b
> map=/startup/boot/map
> backup=/dev/null
>
> read-write
> vga=normal
> prompt
> #delay=40
> timeout=1
>
> #initrd=/mnt/floppy/boot/initrd.gz
> image=/startup/boot/mulinuz
> label=mulinux
> root=/dev/hda1
>
> I also had to create a symlink ln -s /startup/boot /boot'
> (not sure why).
> Running lilo proclaimed "added mulinux" enabling mu to be
> launched from NT's boot menu.
>
Very nice improvement, Clive: in this way, the trick can be implemented
without touching/having any spare partition.
Michele
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