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   From: chris@cvine--nospam--.freeserve.co.uk   
      
   On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:20:52 +0200   
   me@privacy.net 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.   
      
   You have that the wrong way round.  lilo can boot windows.  elilo cannot.   
      
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