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by **Paul Anderso** » Sat, 03 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> Do I need to purchase a good boot-loader? Is there one
> that anyone would recommend that works very well and is simple (and safe!)
> to install for choosing boot between Linux and Win95?

Most people, like me, prefer to use LILO - which is free, and comes with
most any Linux dist. The install program will walk you through the
particulars - in case it asks, you want LILO installed on the MBR of
/dev/hda TTYL!

by **Paul Anderso** » Sat, 03 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> Do I need to purchase a good boot-loader? Is there one
> that anyone would recommend that works very well and is simple (and safe!)
> to install for choosing boot between Linux and Win95?

Most people, like me, prefer to use LILO - which is free, and comes with
most any Linux dist. The install program will walk you through the
particulars - in case it asks, you want LILO installed on the MBR of
/dev/hda TTYL!

by **Paul Anderso** » Sat, 03 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> Do I need to purchase a good boot-loader? Is there one
> that anyone would recommend that works very well and is simple (and safe!)
> to install for choosing boot between Linux and Win95?

Most people, like me, prefer to use LILO - which is free, and comes with
most any Linux dist. The install program will walk you through the
particulars - in case it asks, you want LILO installed on the MBR of
/dev/hda TTYL!

by **Wil Rodrigue** » Sun, 04 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> Most people, like me, prefer to use LILO - which is free, and comes with
> most any Linux dist. The install program will walk you through the
> particulars - in case it asks, you want LILO installed on the MBR of
> /dev/hda TTYL!

Alternatively, if you don't want to mess around with the Master Boot Record on
your C: drive, you can make a LILO boot disk that'll prompt you to choose an
OS. The boot up time is relatively fast if your LILO is pointed to the Linux
image on your second hard drive. It works great for me with Win95 on /dev/hda1
and Linux on /dev/hdb1.

by **Ian Ha** » Mon, 05 Oct 1998 04:00:00

> > Most people, like me, prefer to use LILO - which is free, and comes with
> > most any Linux dist. The install program will walk you through the
> > particulars - in case it asks, you want LILO installed on the MBR of
> > /dev/hda TTYL!

> Alternatively, if you don't want to mess around with the Master Boot Record on
> your C: drive, you can make a LILO boot disk that'll prompt you to choose an
> OS. The boot up time is relatively fast if your LILO is pointed to the Linux
> image on your second hard drive. It works great for me with Win95 on /dev/hda1
> and Linux on /dev/hdb1.

I've found Bootit Direct to be quite useful. I've installed this in my
MBR, with LILO in the superblock of hdb. It's shareware ($15 for
registration after 2 months or so), must be installed from DOS or Win95,
but after this recognizes and boots any partition. Decent alternative
if you want to avoid both a boot disk and the user-unfriendliness of
LILO.

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