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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-08-29 20:30:56 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-08-29 20:30:56 +0000
commit90caf9604c4d5688b3d2948bd0b0ccbf8db8284f (patch)
treed5b6d94fae4ff28f4a9127f9d99fd98dc5d2010b
parent58f851da61dd9c7723be3130cec5d8bd14b0f715 (diff)
noted that bin86 may be optional if lilo isn't used
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1120 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Bin86</title>
+<para>This package is only needed if you decide to use Lilo on your LFS
+system. If you're going to use something else like Grub you may not need
+bin86. Check the documentation for your favorite boot loader to see if
+you need the bin86 package (usually only ld86 and/or as86 from this
+package are required).</para>
+
<para>Install Bin86 by running the following commands:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>