On Fri, 28 May 2010 16:44:11 -0400 (EDT), Peter Samuelson wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> It *does* recognize lilo and has special logic to patch lilo after >> the restore so that the machine will boot. > > So can this software be fooled into thinking it is dealing with lilo? > Would it be sufficient to rename /boot/extlinux/extlinux.sys to > /boot/maps or something?
I wasn't going to post to this thread on debian-devel anymore, since it is evident that they really don't want to hear about it. But for the sake of answering a specific question I will respond. I'm afraid that won't work. In the first place, renaming /boot/extlinux/extlinux.sys to something else would interfere with the correct operation of extlinux. Second, this is the second stage loader for extlinux. It does not use a map file, as lilo does. Third, the boot sector for extlinux has a different signature than the lilo boot sector. And there are probably more reasons as well. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/254055006.148047.1275142053121.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
