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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, "HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER"
<christopher.hollow@cgi.com> said:

> Jud wrote:
[snip]
> > 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader.  <URL:  
> > http://gag.sourceforge.net/>.

> You can also Grub it up:
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
> http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html
> 
> 
> Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader....

Absolutely.  I've happily used Grub, but turned to GAG when I went to
RAID-0.

Grub is an excellent bootloader and learning tool.  The only reason I
didn't include it in my recommendations to the OP was that I figured he'd
be happier at this point with something very easy and automagic.

Jud