Re: Installing on a GRUB system?
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 04:37:09 +0100
Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:09:59 -0500,
> lloyd <subscr002@twilight-systems.com> wrote in message
> <[🔎] 3FD1F147.2010205@twilight-systems.com>:
>
> > i'm downloading the debian-installer beta. i intend to install on a
> >
> > spare partition on my GRUB-based system.
> >
> > does debian-installer use GRUB or LILO?
> >
> > if LILO, can i just skip the LILO installation and add an entry to
> > grub.conf instead?
>
> ..you can do both: point lilo to the /boot of your install and boot
> that off grub on the mbr. And you can do apt-get remove --purge lilo
> and setup grub instead.
>
Apparently it's not immediately obvious, but installing Grub instead of
Lilo is available as an option in the installer.
Regards,
David.
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