Just a suggestion: would it not be nice to have a 0xAA55 signature at the
end of the bootsector (NOT an MBR!) of the Linux root partition so that
commercial bootloaders (e.g. the one that comes with UnixWare 7) could
load it just as easily as they load dos/windows stuff instead of giving
"Missing operating system" error?
Btw, just to confirm, am I right in assuming that LILO does put AA55
signature at the end of bootsector if installed in a partition instead of
an MBR?
Any comments?
Regards,
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Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com/
Escalations Research Group | Email: tigran@sco.com
Santa Cruz Operation Ltd |
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