Aragorn wrote:   
   > On 30.03.2022 at 16:04, me@privacy.net scribbled:   
   >   
   >> I have an old laptop with Windows 7 and Lubuntu 18.04. with 2G   
   >> memory. I intend to give up Lubuntu and try Slackware instead. Can   
   >> lilo boot Windows? Or do I have to use grub2?   
   >   
   > When installed in the MBR of the boot drive, LILO can boot DOS or   
   > Windows by basically duplicating what the BIOS would do on a system   
   > that only has DOS or Windows installed, i.e. look for the partition's   
   > boot record, load that into RAM and pass control of the computer to   
   > whatever code was in that boot record.   
   >   
   > The BIOS-installed — i.e. non-UEFI — versions of Windows still use the   
   > old DOS mechanism for booting.  Look at the documentation for LILO on   
   > how to include a stanza for booting a DOS partition.   
      
   Thank you. Meanwhile I know lilo cannot boot Windows 7. elilo could but   
   not without EFI. So I have to use grub2.   
      
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