mbr and boot question

[Tony Alfrey]

Thanks!
So my final question is:

May I put LILO on the MBR of a disk I wish to use as a new boot disk 
and still keep the original LILO on the boot sectors if I want to later 
return to my old scheme?


On Wednesday 02 October 2002 07:05 am,Net Llama! wrote:
> Yes, your assumption is correct.
>
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Presently, I boot several partitions and several SCSI disks all
> > from a single disk that uses Boot Magic (a chain loader).  I assume
> > that Boot Magic resides in the MBR of the boot disk.  I then cut to
> > windhose or LILO on other partitions and other disks.  My
> > assumption is that LILO is installed in the boot sectors (not the
> > MBR) of the "other" partitions/disks.
> > Is it therefore possible that there is nothing at all in the MBR of
> > the "other" disks?
> > (I ask because I want to experiment with an all LILO system
> > starting with a different disk as the boot disk.)
> > Thanks in advance.

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