[H-GEN] Debian install floppy boot problem

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net> writes:

> Now, while I'm whining, can somebody tell me how to make that
> shpxvat boot selector thing that Debian installed remember which
> OS I chose last time and default to that for the next boot,
> instead of insisting on choosing Linux if nobody gets to it in
> time?

Do you mean mbr?  Runs before LILO does and prints a little "1FA" (or
similar) prompt?  I know it's possible to remove it---perhaps by
installing some other boot-loader over it (I'm pretty sure it lives in
the boot sector of the drive) and I can't remember much about the
functionality it offers.

If it's LILO you're talking about, then I don't know how to proceed,
either; I abandoned it from GRUB some time ago.  If it'll help I know
it's possible to configure LILO to wait forever for an OS to boot.  I
haven't ever seen a boot loader which would remember which OS was
booted last time.

Not very helpful, I know.
-- 
``I didn't program you for sarcasm.''

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