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Linux_N00bie
08-17-2001, 08:32 AM
I'm new to Linux, and would like to figure out which distro I like best, I hear Mandrake is the easiest for a newbie like my self (hehe) but I want to try the different ones, could someone tell me how to get a boot screen with what distro I want running? :p
LiNuts
08-17-2001, 08:49 AM
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/osbooting/index.html.
This will go a long way to explain what you need.
Cheers
LiNuts
ombra
08-17-2001, 09:04 AM
I'm using Power Quest Boot Magic.
I also used the NT boot loader on my other box.
bdg1983
08-17-2001, 10:08 AM
PQ BootMagic works for me. I use it on all my pc's for booting 98, ME, NT, W2K and multiple installs of Linux.
Won't work too well if you have a Linux only pc though.
If your distro has Grub, then I would suggest you use that for multibooting Linux. Easy to admin and nothing has to be done when you've updated it's configuration file (/boot/grub/menu.lst) as Lilo does (/etc/lilo.conf).
I can't remember the last time I used Lilo though it's still the bootloader of choice it seems.