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by **Ken Onwe** » Mon, 11 Sep 1995 04:00:00

I presently have Linux as the only bootable partition in my HD's Master
Boot Record. However, I do have a second (DOS) partition, as such I wish to
have my HD give me a choice of OS at bootup. Can this be done without
reinstalling Linux ? IOW, what's the easieast way to achieve this ?

Ken Onwere

by **Floyd Davids** » Sat, 16 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>I presently have Linux as the only bootable partition in my HD's Master
>Boot Record. However, I do have a second (DOS) partition, as such I wish to
>have my HD give me a choice of OS at bootup. Can this be done without
>reinstalling Linux ? IOW, what's the easieast way to achieve this ?

Install LILO, it will do exactly what you ask. It can be configured
to wait a short time before auto-booting the default OS, or if any
of a number of keys (caps lock, shift, cntl, alt, and I dont' remember
what all) are pressed during the wait period it will prompt you for
the name of an OS to boot, and can give you a list of names if you
hit the TAB key.

It is fairly easy to set up too.

Have a good day,
Floyd

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