[RULE] Gag boot manager...

[DervishD]

    Hi Michael :)

 * Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com> dixit:
> what gag does (It stands for graphical boot loader in Español - the
> Author I think is in Spain)

    Yes, he is spanish, just like me ;)

> It doesn't alleviate the need for lilo with Linux, though - it just
> means lilo installs to the first track of the root partition, not
> to the MBR.

    Well, I wrote a long time ago a similar MBR for Linux, although I
did in GNU as syntax (AT&T syntax). But after a year of using it I
wrote another one: a Linux loader that fits entirely in the MBR. It
needs a special disk layout in order to work, and is very limited
(doesn't handle command line, but can pass commands to the kernel,
etc...). In fact I wrote it for learning and for illustrate a lecture
about GNU as I gave in a Linux meeting. I haven't published it yet,
because although I use it in my box, is not suitable for newbies and
it has no documentation O:)).

    The gzipped source is just 5.0KiB, would hurt anyone posting it
to the list? Anyway, if you want I can send you the original MBR I
wrote and/or the linux-loader-in-a-MBR ;))

> I prefer this because if I have three linux installs, they each have
> there own lilo - which means I don't have to keep all the lilo.conf
> files in sync and don't have to have a common /boot partition etc.

    Yes, that's a good idea :)))
 
    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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Linux Registered User 88736
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