On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 15:36 +0100, Graham Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I am running a testing machine that is currently using lilo for it's > boot loader. I would like to switch this to grub but I am a little > confused about how to go ahead and do this. > > I have installed the grub package but it doesn't seem to have set itself > up as other packages do. There is not /boot/grub folder for instance and > it didn't tell me it was writing itself to the boot block. This leads me > to believe that if I reboot I will still be using lilo - I am a little > scared about rebooting to find though :o) > > Can someone give me a couple of pointers about what to do next. I have > grabbed the grub-doc and while it's great there's so much of it that's > also half the problem. There are some pretty easy to follow directions to be found in /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.gz You'll need to run a few commands as root, double-check your menu.lst, and you'll be all set to go. It's actually a lot easier than most people expect. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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