i've used both lilo and grub; grub has many advantages, though an intuitive understaqnding of their syntax is not necessarily one of them *g*. one of the best benefits i've discovered is that with grub as your bootloader it will *safely* overwrite the mbr on an ntfs system, allowing for dual-boot with nt4.0 (at work). i'm not sure if lilo can yet do that, or even if it works with w2k, xp, etc., but it pleasantly surprised the hell out of me when i took a chance and ended up not having to use a boot floppy.
not really germane to this, but perhaps others will find this as interesting and useful as i did. --- Original Message --- From: "Technoslick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? >That may be, Kesav! I am not as familiar with Grub, so I stick with what >little I know of LILO. After some research, I deduced that the way to do >this was to remove the "timeout=100" line in lilo.conf. Now, when the system >boots up, it brings me to MDK's graphical boot screen and sits there until I >make a choice. For my needs, this is sweet! Some day I will take a closer >look at Grub and see where it might be more manageable. Thanks for the >advice, Kesav. > >T > >Message ----- >From: "Kesav Tadimeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:22 AM >Subject: RE: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? > > >The only >thing that I have yet to change is the timing in lilo upon boot-up. I want >lilo to sit there and wait for me to select the O/S I want, not pick one >after so many seconds. >[Kesav] Hi for this I think GRUB is better compared to LILO. > >Rgds, > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >---- > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >
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