Dan C wrote:   
   > On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:20:52 +0200, me wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Nonsense.  Lilo boots W7 just fine.   
      
   Which one? lilo or elilo? On what partition? BIOS or GPT?   
      
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