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From: Benedikt Schmidt <s_bschmi@ira.uka.de>
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Subject: Re: Will Lilo run under FreeBSD with Linux emulation?
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Ed Alley <alley1@llnl.gov> wrote:
[lilo vs boot0]
> 
> Yes the FreeBSD loader works fine: it gives you a menu and etc. And I have
> used both the default FreeBSD loader and/or Lilo in the case of multiple
> OSs with Linux installed. What I want to do is get rid of Linux altogether.
> 
> However, I like the configuration file approach of Lilo. It gives me the
> feeling (probably misplaced) that I am in control. (:->)
> 
> At any rate, thanks for the comments. I think that I'll just trash
> the Linux OSs and live without Lilo; its a small price to pay
> for the added disk space and simplicity of operation.
> 
You can always try
sysutils/grub
if you need some options boot0 doesn't offer. Grub has a configuration
file and you can even change things in the grub shell before booting
the os.

-- 
Benedikt


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