Re: Grub dilemma
Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> was heard to say:
>> 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <debian@videotron.ca>:
>>> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say
>>> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not
>>> Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw up Grub. I don't know whether
>>> the install will give me the option to skip installing Lilo. If it does
>>> there is no problem...but if it doesn't will there be a problem.
>>>
>> If the distro writes LILO to the MBR, then yes that will destroy grub.
>> Do you feel confident that you can restore grub from the boot disk in
>> the event that it is needed? It is a trivial task but only for those
>> who have done it before. In any case, be sure to back it up.
>
> Also, it sounds like grub looks for its menu.lst on hda3. If that's
> the case, you'll want to change it before you wipe hda3 to install a
> new distribution.
>
> Daniel
>
>
OK would this require a Grub reinstall ??? I've been using Debian for
years but this Grub stuff is above me !
Cheers
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