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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:28:05 +0200
From:      Benedikt Schmidt <s_bschmi@ira.uka.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Will Lilo run under FreeBSD with Linux emulation?
Message-ID:  <20010823152805.A430@wn4-marvin.wn4.uni-karlsruhe.de>
In-Reply-To: <200108222222.f7MMMRF00863@jordan.llnl.gov>; from alley1@llnl.gov on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 03:22:27PM -0700
References:  <200108222222.f7MMMRF00863@jordan.llnl.gov>

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Ed Alley <alley1@llnl.gov> wrote:
[lilo vs boot0]
> 
> Yes the FreeBSD loader works fine: it gives you a menu and etc. And I have
> used both the default FreeBSD loader and/or Lilo in the case of multiple
> OSs with Linux installed. What I want to do is get rid of Linux altogether.
> 
> However, I like the configuration file approach of Lilo. It gives me the
> feeling (probably misplaced) that I am in control. (:->)
> 
> At any rate, thanks for the comments. I think that I'll just trash
> the Linux OSs and live without Lilo; its a small price to pay
> for the added disk space and simplicity of operation.
> 
You can always try
sysutils/grub
if you need some options boot0 doesn't offer. Grub has a configuration
file and you can even change things in the grub shell before booting
the os.

-- 
Benedikt


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