Actually, lilo is very versatile, and there are, in fact, advantages to installing it in other than the MBR, and possibly not even on the first physical disk, depending on how up to date the BIOS is, though installation in the MBR is no doubt the easiest for first time users. On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > No, Linux does not need to be installed in the first partition. > However, Lilo, the Linux loader, needs to be at the beginning > of the disk. You can ensure this by installing Lilo in the MBR > (Master Boot Record). >... -- L. C. Robinson reply to no_spam+munged_lcr@onewest.net.invalid