From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc) Subject: Re: MCC 0.97pl2 and lilo Date: 14 Sep 1992 10:11:56 GMT
In article <1432@yetti.UUCP> frank@cs.yorku.ca (Frank Pikelner) writes:
>I was installing MCC-interim version 0.97pl2
...
>I maybe ignorant, but
>the docs (installation) said nothing about lilo writing into my master boot block.
In the file README.lilo.first I wrote a section titled 'How do I set up LILO?'.
This section contains an example lilo installation with a bit-by-bit explanation
saying
Now this command means:
execute /etc/lilo/lilo to install LILO,
...
installing the LILO boot code in the master boot record of /dev/hda,
...
At the bottom of this little file (99 lines long) there is a section of
WARNINGS explaining how to install LILO somewhere other than the master
boot record, among other things. The file README.lilo contains a complete
set of instructions for backing up the master boot sector and restoring
it. There are many WARNINGS (almost invariably in upper case letters)
in all the README files to the effect that you can wipe out everything
on your hard disk in a number of intriguing ways.
>Now I'm stuck. I have downloaded the lilo documentation - I doubt that I can
>uninstall it....
>Maybe this info can be included in the documentation for installing mcc0.97pl2
>with a warning.
The information is there, and was there before you suggested it. Please
do not install Linux -- or any other operating system -- without reading
the documentation.
-- Owen
LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk