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- <qml title="Linux Loader">
-
- <h1>Linux Loader</h1>
-
- <p>
- The Linux Loader, called <em>LILO</em> is used to boot
- Linux, and possibly other operating systems, on system
- startup.
- </p>
-
-
- <h2>Selecting other Operating Systems</h2>
-
- <p>
- Use the list at the top of the screen to select the partitions
- of any operating systems you might want to boot. This is
- important, since LILO is normally started before other operating
- system loaders and takes control of the boot process. Thus
- failure to create LILO entries pointing to them, could
- render the other systems unbootable.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Your new OpenLinux system will be booted by default. Pressing
- the Tab key at the boot prompt will display a list of the
- labels for the entries you created. You can boot into a system
- by entering its label and pressing return.
- </p>
-
-
- <h2>Installation Target</h2>
-
- <p>
- LILO can be installed into different areas of your disk.
- You should choose one of the following options that best
- suits your set-up.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <em>
- Be careful not to install LILO in a location where a boot
- loader is already installed, since this will overwrite and
- destroy the other loader, possibly rendering that system
- unbootable!
- </em>
- </p>
-
-
- <h3>Master Boot Record</h3>
-
- <p>
- This option will install LILO in the Master Boot Record of a
- disk, also often referred to as <em>MBR</em>. It is located at
- the beginning of a hard drive and is the first place your computer
- looks for a boot loader on that drive.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Please also remove any Master Boot Record LILO installations
- before uninstalling your Linux system.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <em>This option is normally not recommended!</em>
- </p>
-
-
- <h3>Target Partition</h3>
-
- <p>
- This option will install LILO into the root partition of
- your newly installed system.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This is the recommended location for installing LILO.
- </p>
-
-
- <h3>Other location</h3>
-
- <p>
- This option gives experts full control over where LILO
- can be installed. On systems with a complicated boot
- set-up, e.g. with more than one operating system and
- cascading boot loaders, this can be helpful.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Use this option with caution, since using it wrongly can render
- some or all of the systems on your computer unbootable,
- including your newly installed Linux systems!
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <em>
- This option is not recommended for inexperienced users!
- </em>
- </p>
-
- </qml>
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