Changing the Bootloader from GRUB to LILO
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Fri Jun 2 18:09:21 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 10:11 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote:
>
>
> On 6/1/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:40 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 6/1/06, Clint Olson <colson at sharplabs.com> 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)
> Ok I did try what you said and it work perfectly. Thanks and I will
> try to read the instructions better from now on.
That's why the list exists, Matt. Glad to help.
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