Look at the lilo documentation in /usr/doc. LILO can boot Linux from an
extended partition also - In this mode it saves the loader code on the
first sector of the extended partition.
The only catch is in making the extended partition Active. The DOS/Win
FDISK program will refuse to make an extended partition active - whereas
The Linux version of fdisk (and cfdisk which much more user-friendly) will
allow this. Also the lilo docs mention a program called "activate" which
is supposed to be bundled with lilo which will perform this function.
(But I couldn't find it in my distro)
Kala
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:55:36AM +0530, Narain CR typed:
> That is the catch here Robin, we can't install LILO on MBR as the ONTRACK
> program is sitting there...
>
> Regards,
> Narain.
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Robin Chatterjee wrote:
>
> Of course lilo in mbr .....
> That will allow it.
>
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