Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?

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Subject: Re: why can't i use grub with an ext3 /boot partition?
From: Jon Dowland <jon+debian-user@alcopop.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:09:34 +0100
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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:58:17PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day
wrote:
> does anyone know the debian installer well enough to know
> *what* circumstances will cause said installer to refuse
> to offer grub as a bootloader, and only present lilo?

If the /boot partition is underneath LVM is one. Is your
/boot partition something that resides in the DOS partition
table?

-- 
Jon Dowland

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