Thanks! After trying several other methods (querying the whole 'www' searching for LILO + BIOS check) I DID NOT think about this simple method. Again (after several years using Debian) I have learned: Read The fu.... manual :) Thanks to paolo: compact indeed works fine.
herbert Am Sunday 14 December 2008 23:02:20 schrieb Paolo: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:48:19PM +0100, Herbert S. Windows wrote: > > So, WHY: > > loads LILO so slowly ? > > check/try 'compact' directive in lilo.conf : > > " > # Enable map compaction: > # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single > # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the > # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when > # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default > # because it doesn't always work. > # > compact > " > > HTH > -- > paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
