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Am I am the only one that boots Linux from a floppy and not from lilo?

It seems alot of questions have been asked about wether if x OS is
compatible with Linux and lilo etc.....

Why not keep things simple and boot from a floppy? All the floppy does
is to point the system to the Linux drive to load the rest of the
stuff. If disk wear is your worry, use mkbootdisk to  make a boot disk
every week and retire the old ones. I just don't understand the
fixation and all the agony over lilo.

Furthermore, floppy boot/Linux drive combo is the ultimate in system
to system portability: I have a 250MB HD with Slackware kernel 0.99
(remember the days of 5 1/4" floppies?) that I can still boot from
floppy in my latest Linux box without having to worry about
interfering with other OS's.

JT

No, you're not the only one. I have a dual boot system: floppy in, Linux;
floppy out, Win 98. Works for me.

Quote:> Am I am the only one that boots Linux from a floppy and not from lilo?

> It seems alot of questions have been asked about wether if x OS is
> compatible with Linux and lilo etc.....

> Why not keep things simple and boot from a floppy? All the floppy does
> is to point the system to the Linux drive to load the rest of the
> stuff. If disk wear is your worry, use mkbootdisk to  make a boot disk
> every week and retire the old ones. I just don't understand the
> fixation and all the agony over lilo.

> Furthermore, floppy boot/Linux drive combo is the ultimate in system
> to system portability: I have a 250MB HD with Slackware kernel 0.99
> (remember the days of 5 1/4" floppies?) that I can still boot from
> floppy in my latest Linux box without having to worry about
> interfering with other OS's.

> JT