On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:07:33AM +0900, Taketoshi Sano wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Hands) writes: > > Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (snip) > > > May I ask what the point of these enhanced mbr's is, since all of these > > > features are available from the boot loader (eg LILO)? > > Maybe you are so clever that you can easily understand how to fiddle > that lilo.conf, but there are many people who can not find proper settings > of lilo for their needs.
Right, they should be automatically added by a config tool. > And LILO require the files (at least the 2nd loader and map file) on > different place than the MBR (Master Boot Record). you can boot from > alternate partitions by your setup, but if you remove the partition > which includes the required files (2nd loader and kernel map) and > overwrite on them, the rest partition would not work for you. > > By putting the current "mbr" or alternate "extipl" on MBR, you can > select partitions by solely using the code in MBR (just 446bytes). > And you can set lilo in each partitions boot sector, this is more > easy configuration than having multiple partition setup in single > lilo.conf for many beginners. These are good reasons, thanks. > > > What was the rationale for adding mbr to the default configuration? > > > To stop the annoying FAQ: Of course--I didn't mean to put LILO on the mbr. That's practically begging Redmond for trouble! Andrew