A question about lilo - and it's necessity.

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Author: der.hans
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Subject: A question about lilo - and it's necessity.
Am 27. Apr, 2001 schwäzte Steven M. Klass so:

>     I thought I was reading something (sometime, somewhere) that if
> you don't multi-boot, or boot to different kernels you could get away
> without intstalling lilo.  This sounds strange, but can it be done?


Um, maybe :). You need something to boot from. On a hard drive in an x86
it's a boot loader. There are multiple boot loaders available. If you're
unhappy with lilo look at grub.

You could also boot from floppy or CD, but I don't think that's what
you're looking for.

ciao,

der.hans
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