On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 11:28 -0400, William Hooper wrote: > Paul Iadonisi said: > [snip] > > The bootloader, on the other hand, is a bit difficult to replace > > if it's not, at a minimum, included on the install media. > > I don't see why. IIUC booting into the running system isn't a requirement > to set up LILO. For example, one could boot a Tomsrtbt and install LILO > from there. > > If you aboslutely must go the RPM route, others have pointed out that the > RPM is only a little over 500K, so you have pleanty of room to spare on a > floppy (or a quick network copy by booting the install CD in rescue mode). I know what your saying, but I think forcing users of systems that have problems with the current grub to ctrl-alt-F2 and then type 'rpm -- root /mnt/sysimage --ivh /mnt/installimage/Fedora/RPM/compat-stop-using- this-fricken-bootloader-because-its-going-away- SOON-lilo-21.4.4-26.i386.rpm' is sufficient to give the hint lilo should not be relied upon long term. That said, I won't complain if lilo is gone from FC4, but I think it is prudent at this time to include the rpm (and ONLY the rpm) on the install media. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets