Bug 30299 - Text Install writes lilo to boot sector without asking.
Summary: Text Install writes lilo to boot sector without asking.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-02 14:34 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-03-02 14:34:49 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2001-03-02 14:34:40 UTC 
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.5-15smp i586)


Text mode install, (notebook) there is no option to NOT install lilo.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. text install (a "notebook" configuration.)
2. Manually Partition.
3. format, choose hostname, security, mouse, inst. lang, root pw...
4. Select pkgs...
5. make boot floppy.
6. X config.
...
Done!
	

Actual Results:  System unbootable from HD.

Expected Results:  Asked to install LILO, I'd say no, it would leave old
bootstrap loader.

Bug #29498; closed because I didn't realize it was a TEXT mode install
issue.
(My notebook has a 20Gb disk, and needs lba32 in lilo.conf.)
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-03-02 16:36:46 UTC 
This is how this option is designed - if you would like more control over the
system configuration try the custom option.
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