Re: Are lilo and grub compatible?

[hendrik@topoi.pooq.com]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 06:23:35PM -0500, Jos? Alburquerque wrote:
> Yes, you're right about that.  GRUB can be installed in any BR (of any 
> partition) and in that way grub and lilo *are not* mutually exclusive.  
> But if you're planning on installing grub or lilo on the mbr then I 
> think that they indeed are mutually exclusive.  (Am I right on this?)

I was considering installing both grub and lilo to MBR -- but MBRs of 
different disk drives -- Lilo to /dev/fd0, and grub to /dev/hda.
Then I can determine which gets used by pushing the floppy disk in or 
out.  My question was really whether the two conflict anywhere *else* 
but the MBR.

-- hendrik