Re: MBR problem
I installed grub to /dev/hdc2 which is also /root. This is not a dual boot. It is plain
and simple "Woody".
How do I install grub to the MBR?
--- CW Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:00:38AM -0800, Punit Ahluwalia wrote:
> > Thanks for the response. But I did dpkg -P lilo. yet, nothing chnages.
> >
> This sounds like your BIOS is trying to boot the old LILO boot sector
> rather than your grub boot sector. Are you installing grub to the MBR
> or to a partition? If you are installing it to a partition, make sure
> that your MBR is trying to boot that partition.
>
> Is this a dual-boot windows thing?
>
> >
> > --- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Punit Ahluwalia wrote:
> > >
> [...]
> > > >with either of them. After the BIOS transfers the control, the
> > > >screen displays a message
> > > >"searching for the boot record : ok" and then the letter "L" and
> > > >then a series of number
> > > >40 (40 40 40 ..). I don't know what is going on. I can boot from
> > > >the floppy using kernel-2.2.20.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > lilo is still partially installed. You might want to "apt-get remove
> > > lilo" followed by "grub-install", but as I've only done it a time or
> > > two, I'm not sure of the exact steps, so you might want to wait to hear
> > > from others first.
> > >
> [...]
>
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