From: Chris Green On: 24 June 2004 13:26
However I'm not quite sure how I get the boot menu to present me with the alternative versions. Can anyone give me any guidance. Will I have a problem because of the second (new, 10.0) version being beyond cylinder 1024 or whatever the limitation is?
I used to use lilo for this but then switched to grub. You don't have the option of pretty graphics on the menu but adding new kernel images is just a matter of editing a text file. I used to worry about the 1024 limit thing but when I went to grub I read something that suggested it shouldn't be a problem with newer PC hardware. So when I set up grub I deliberately went over the 1024 and it worked fine.
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On Friday 25 June 2004 11:48, Keith Watson wrote:
I used to use lilo for this but then switched to grub. You don't have the option of pretty graphics on the menu but adding new kernel images is just a matter of editing a text file. I used to worry about the 1024 limit thing but when I went to grub I read something that suggested it shouldn't be a problem with newer PC hardware. So when I set up grub I deliberately went over the 1024 and it worked fine.
You're right, it should be a non issue with any relatively recent BIOS, it is also (AFAIK) a limitation with DOS (or DOS based operating systems)
On anything you are choosing to install Linux on today it shouldn't be a problem.
On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 12:48, Keith Watson wrote:
I used to use lilo for this but then switched to grub. You don't have the option of pretty graphics on the menu...
You can have pretty graphics for the menu background with grub :) Good guide: http://ruslug.rutgers.edu/~mcgrof/grub-images/ Also remember to change the menu font colours or reading the options may become impossible.
Dennis
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