RE: Lilo for second disk?

2000-01-03 Thread Bruno Prior
> But: I have not succeeded in installing a valid LILO bootblock in the second > disks MBR, > which would allow me to trash the bootfloppy. If your first disk fails so comprehensively that you have to boot from the second disk, the second disk will more than likely be recognized by the BIOS as th

Re: Lilo for second disk?

2000-01-03 Thread Thomas Waldmann
> But: I have not succeeded in installing a valid LILO bootblock in the second > disks MBR, which would allow me to trash the bootfloppy. I usually fdisk only one of the disks and then "dd" the MBR to the other disks - so the MBR and partitioning is really identical. After setting up the array a