Re: LILO --> GRUB
Andrés Roldán <aroldan@fluidsignal.com> writes:
> You can try zeroing the MBR (not including the partition table) and rerun
> grub-install. Try the following:
>
> dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.bak bs=512 count=1
>
> this will make a backup of your mbr including the partition table. Then run:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=443 count=1
Err, it is 446 :)
>
> After the 443 byte it is the partition table so it is recommended not to zero
here it is 446 too
> the partition table or you will really cry. Then rerun grub-install /dev/hda.
>
> If something happen, you can then restore the mbr again.
>
> Kenneth Jacker <khj@be.cs.appstate.edu> writes:
>
>> km> I recommend making a boot floppy:
>>
>> km> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4622
>>
>> Well I was able to make the boot floppy ...
>>
>> But *now*, I can't even run "grub-install /dev/hda" without an error
>> message:
>>
>> /dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive
>>
>>
>> Note that I can continue to boot normally with LILO from /dev/hda.
>> So, I must have messed something up in my earlier attempts ... :-(
>>
>>
>> Anyone know how to get around *this* problem? I looked through
>> archives, but found nothing that will help ...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Kenneth
>>
>>
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