Bug 4600 – lilo fails to run if dos partition is not formatted

Bug 4600 - lilo fails to run if dos partition is not formatted

Summary:	lilo fails to run if dos partition is not formatted

Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	lilo (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Cristian Gafton
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Reported:	1999-08-18 16:34 EDT by bruggemn
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-09-20 11:27:57 EDT
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Description bruggemn 1999-08-18 16:34:54 EDT

On a fresh install, if you create a dos/win partition and
do not format it, lilo will fail to install.

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 1999-09-20 11:27:59 EDT

Lilo needs to read the boot sector from the dos partition being listed
as a possible boot target. This is an installer problem and it will be
fixed in the next release.

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