On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 07:43:44AM -0600, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Martin LORANG wrote: > >Hi group, > > > >I'm looking for a good backup/restore system. I'll test mondo-rescue. > >if I do "emerge -pv mondo-rescue" I get the following : > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > > > Calculating dependencies ...done! > > [ebuild N ] app-arch/lzop-1.01 > > [ebuild N ] app-arch/afio-2.4.7 > > [ebuild N ] sys-fs/mtools-3.9.8-r1 > > [ebuild N ] sys-boot/syslinux-2.05 > > [ebuild N ] sys-apps/mindi-kernel-1.0 > > [ebuild N ] sys-fs/dosfstools-2.8-r3 > > [ebuild N ] sys-boot/lilo-22.5.1 > > [ebuild N ] sys-apps/mindi-0.86 > > [ebuild N ] sys-libs/slang-1.4.9 -cjk > > [ebuild N ] dev-libs/newt-0.50.35-r2 > > [ebuild N ] sys-apps/mondo-rescue-1.65 > > > >My bootloader is grub. > >What is the reason for installing lilo ? may be for boot disk/cd/dvd ? > >Will that mess up my grub ? > > I don't know what the reason for installing lilo is, but it will not > interfere with grub unless you create a lilo.conf and run lilo.
mondo has the ability built in to create boot CDs using either grub or lilo, so this gets lilo installed so it can be used if it's needed. Not a big deal. alan -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
