On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:40 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote: > > > On 6/1/06, Clint Olson <colson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 09:45 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote: > > > >> Can someone tell me how to change your boot loader from > GRUB to LILO? > >> > > > > Good lord, why? Grub is FAR more capable than LILO > It's also a bit more complex to configure than Lilo. I know > that I > personally prefer Lilo, where you can simply and easily edit > its single > configuration file by hand, using the familiar /dev/hda1 > syntax to > denote partitions. I've never run into anything Lilo can't > handle, so > why work with complexity if you don't have to? > > *shrugs* Ah well. I can see this guy's point, but I also know > that > there are no Lilo packages for FC5, hence removing Lilo's > simplicity > advantage. > > Clint Olson > > - > > grub wouldn't be so bad but I can't get pass the stupid grub> > prompt to boot up. > > i have done the > install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0)/grub/stage1 (hd0) \ > (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 p (hd0,0)/grub/grub.conf > > to no avail... augghhhhh!!! There's two ways to do it. 1) Boot off the rescue CD in single user mode, then: # chroot /mnt/sysimage/boot # grub-install /dev/hda # exit (leaves the chroot environment) # exit (exits the rescue boot) 2) Use grub, but the easier sequence is: grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) That assumes that the the stage1 loader is in /boot/grub and that /boot is NOT a separate partition. If you're not sure, use the sequence: grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 grub> root (whatever-the-find-command-displays) grub> setup (hd0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - When all else fails, try reading the instructions. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
