Prior to ignition, I insert a disk, preloaded with an operating system
in the removable drive. When I turn on the machine, I am presented at the
LILO prompt (by pressing <tab>) with "Linux" and "Disk2" as options.
Linux is the default and would automatically boot if I did nothing.
When selected, Disk2 either boots directly into the single O/S stored on
the second disk or presents me with a second boot menu if there is more
than one O/S on that disk. If I power down, replace the second disk with
another and power back up, I still get the initial Linux/Disk 2 menu and,
if I select Disk2, a new menu appropriate to the newly inserted disk.
Once installed, I never have to modify the LILO configuration on the
first disk, I never have to change BIOS setting to boot from the second
disk and I never have to go through more than two menu selections to
get my selected O/S up and running.
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