Re: grub vs lilo

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

Jon Roed 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.

You might get more useful information with the -v option.  (Increase the number
of "-v's for more debug information.)