Re: I need a bootloader

From: David Green (mail.david_at_dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:38:57 +0000

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:32:12 -0400, Jeremey Nofzinger rambled:

> I am new to Linux.
> The project I am working on is to put 3 internet kiosks in my church's youth
> group's game room.
>
Nice to see a good project using open source software, good luck.
> I have aquired a stand alone firefox iso - Morphix Live CD.
>
Installing a livecd to a hard disk somewhat (very much so) defeats the
object, it would presumably run with a lot of slow-down for no real
benefit. A newbie distro like Mandrake may be more suitable for a hard
disk install. For something a little more advanced try Debian or even
Slackware.

> Instead of using the cdrom, I would like to load this distro onto a hard
> drive. When I copy all of the files to the hard drive, it will not
> boot.

Depends how you define 'copied', can you be a little clearer, what progam?
cp,dd etc?

> A friend of mine told me I need a boot loader.

Yup
> What do I need,
> and how do I set it up to load this application from the hard drive so I
> don't have to use the cdrom?

You probably don't want to (as above), but since you asked lilo - the
LInux LOader is a possible solution. It's reasonably documented on google.
GRUB is also a possibility (Grand Unified Bootloader) and it's
documentation is a little clearer to understand. If configuring a
bootloader is something you will find difficult try a distro like Mandrake
or SUSE designed to boot from the hard disk.

(disclaimer: I personally hate grubs syntax compared to lilo, but most
people new to bootloaders seem to prefer it for some reason)

HTH
Dave 

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