RD Lawrence wrote: >Thanks for the heads up regarding a free version of DOS. We stupidly threw away >our DOS diskettes years ago, iin 1984 if memory serves, after convincing ourselves >that DOS was totally unnecessary in a good unix working environment. :-) We >never realized that we would eventually find ourselves grappling with a unix-like >bootloader with an inherent weakness that would force us to temporarily revert >back to this ancient OS. :-) > >Ironically, I will probably go back to recommending Lilo in the future >unless/until this problem is resolved *without* using other OSes. Lilo may be a >poorer choice in many respects but its designers do understand that a user might >wish to stop using it under some circumstances. >
well, why not install lilo then remove it again (or does it put back what was there before?) -- Iain Rae Tel:01316505202 Computing Officer JCMB:2148 Division of Informatics The University of Edinburgh _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub