--- On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 Narain CR wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Robin Chatterjee wrote: > > > > Of course lilo in mbr ..... > > That will allow it. > > > That is the catch here Robin, we can't install LILO on MBR as the > ONTRACK program is sitting there... > IIRC, it is possible to load lilo in the boot sector of the extended partition (*not* the logical drive, but the extended partition itself) and set the extended partion as active. *Check the docs* I vaguely remember doing this sometime in '95 - '96 when I distrusted lilo with my MBR. You will need to use Linux fdisk to set the extended partition as bootable. The downside is that it confuses the *hell* out of DOS fdisk which cannot do this. You will not be able to use DOS fdisk (at least DOS 6.22) after doing this because it complains of invalid boot record or something. HTH, Biju ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Biju "Botsie" Chacko The computer is only a fast idiot, it has no imagination; it cannot originate action. It is, and will remain, only a tool to man. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose - to help people discuss issues about installing and running Linux. If your messages are counterproductive to this purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.
