From: Joe_Rosevear@localhost.invalid   
      
   me@privacy.net wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   There's another way to look at this.   
      
   a computer's BIOS can be configured to boot devices in a given order.   
   Sometimes, depending on the computer, this gives a useful solution.   
   Don't change the master boot record on the hard drive.  (It works, so   
   why change it?) Instead change the boot order.  Make it boot from CD or   
   USB first before the hard drive, and make a corresponding boot stick or   
   boot disk with Lilo, Grub2 or whatever you choose on it.  That boot   
   stick or boot disk will then boot your Linux partition on the hard   
   drive or on any device.  (Set it up to serve your needs.)   
      
   To boot from Windows, just remove the boot disk or boot stick.  When   
   you boot the BIOS will go through the boot order looking for something   
   to boot.  Not finding a boot stick or boot disk it will get to the next   
   boot option, the hard drive, and boot Windows.   
      
   Some computers, I have found, don't let you put a removable USB drive   
   in the boot order.  In this case if you know how to to make a bootable   
   CD, that is still an option.  However, I like to use a (USB) boot   
   stick.  So when I'm faced with this problem (not being able to use the   
   boot order to choose the USB device), I just use the keyboard to   
   interupt the booting and specify the device to boot from.  It's not   
   hard once you learn how, although which key to press and when to press   
   it can vary from one computer to another.   
      
   On my (older) Dell computer I just press F9 repeatedly when booting to   
   get a menu.  Then I choose the USB drive that I want to boot.  Normally   
   I'm booting a USB drive that besides having Grub2 installed to the   
   master boot record, to make it bootable, it also has a full (but   
   modified) Slackware 14.2 installation.  Then, if I want to, I can   
   interupt the Grub2 boot and redirect Grub2 to boot something else.   
   Normally, however I stop there and use Slackware 14.2.   
      
   The world is your oyster!   
      
   Incidentally, if your computer has secure boot, you will need to turn   
   that off.  Also what I described works for BIOS booting--I don't know   
   much about UEFI.  You said yours is an older laptop, so I don't expect   
   either of these caveats will apply.   
      
   -Joe   
      
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