Re: grub vs lilo
On Tue, 31 May 2005 01:05:13 -0500
Jon Roed <jroed@shaw.ca> wrote:
> On May 31, 2005 12:44 am, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > Grub is uninstalled, but it is still written to your MBR. You'll need to
> > run 'lilo' as root (no options necessary) to get it to re-write itself
> > to the MBR and overwrite Grub.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, why are you switching FROM grub TO lilo? Most
> > people (myself included) do just the opposite.
>
> I tried running lilo (as root) and i get two warnings:
>
> Warning: boot record relocation beyond BPB is necessary: /dev/hda1
> Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system.
>
> i am not too sure what they are all about. But i suspect that the first one
> is the reason that it's not writing to the master boot record.
>
> As for why i am switching to LILO, i have never used GRUB before and i have
> been having problems with it. I am more familiar with LILO.
What does your lilo.conf look like? (Strip the comments if you
attach it.)
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