Re: GRUB or Lilo to boot Debian and OS/2
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Falkenstein wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried installing the latest Debian Sarge Linux from DVD and it
> went smoothly until the point where to install the boot loader to
> harddrive or floppy. As I am a newbie to Grub and Lilo I am wondering
> if I can do the following and how:
> - existing system is 2 hard disk drives SCSI ID 0 and ID 3
> - boot loader exists on /dev/sda MBR, it is the IBM Bootmanager
> - now installed a new drive at SCSI ID 1
> - Debian installed to one big partition / and /swap on /dev/sdb
>
> Now if I want to keep the IBM Bootmanager where should I put Grub
> or Lilo?
which ever one u want 2 use
> I tried root partition but IBM bootmanager did not recognize
> the new system at all.
gee .. wonder why
> If I want to change to Lilo or Grub and am willing to install it
> into MBR of /dev/sda,
good
> how can I see if it shows my OS/2 or Bootmanager
> in the list of choice?
you have to add os2 into lilo.conf or menu.lst for grub
- google what options/stanza to put into lilo.conf
( at the bottom )
and/or modify menu.list ( like the memory test stuff )
> Is it possible to see the options of Lilo or Grub beforehand the
> installation, i.e. in a new login window (ctrl-alt-fX)?
no ... it will show up in the menu IFF grub/lilo was installed properly
> I quickly tried to install SuSE 9.2 Professional and it showed that
> it wants to install Grub into MBR of SCSI ID 0 with the option "IBM
> Bootmanager",
good
> I did not finalise the installation, so I do not know
> if it had worked but at least it showed all options of boot loader
> Grub which is a very nice thing and it detected my one and only OS
> on the system.
if you didnt boot it .. you wont know if it works or not
c ya
alvin
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