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   From: alexm0n@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:57:15 +0100, Chris Vine wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I boot Windows 11 with elilo just fine ??   
      
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