Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

[timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu]

<SNIP>
> Important! 
> 
>   1  After changing /etc/lilo.conf, and especially after changing the
>      kernel, you must run /sbin/lilo to update the boot map.
<SNIP>
        Might I inquire as to what this bootmap stuff is about and why its
important? I've built and used kernels 2.0.29,2.0.30,2.0.32,2.0.33 and 2.0.34 on
my machine and never thought of running lilo again, yet everything still works
fine.

Thanks,
Timothy

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E-Mail: timothy@smasher.rs.itd.umich.edu
Date: 25-Jun-98
Time: 22:44:54

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