GRUB & LILO

[Brian Witowski]

Went off without a hitch.  Thanks all!

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org
> [mailto:linux-users-admin at linux-sxs.org]On Behalf Of Collins
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:41 AM
> To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> Subject: Re: GRUB & LILO
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 May 2002 07:16:58 -0400 "Brian Witowski"
> <brianw at torchlake.com> wrote:
> > How would I go about removing LILO from a HD and replacing it with
> > GRUB? There is only one OS on the machine, if that matters.
> > 
> 
> 1. make sure you have a lilo boot disk, and verify that it works
> 2. Install grub software (rpm, tarballs, your choice)
> 3. Read the 'info grub' files.  You could also setup a grub boot
> floppy.  This is covered in the info files.
> 4. Now you should create /boot/grub directory and copy all grub
> *stage* files to that directory.
> 5. create /boot/grub/menu.lst.  Here's a sample
> 
> default 0
> timeout 10
> title=Gentoo-19-r5-hda2
> root (hd0,1)
> kernel /boot/bzImage-2.4.19-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda2 hdc=ide-scsi
> hdd=ide-scsi ro
> title=elx17-hda6
> root (hd0,5)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17 root=/dev/hda6 hdc=ide-scsi ro
> title=Win98
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
> 
> 6. In the following root is the address of the partition with
> /boot/grub partition in grub terminology, i.e. hda2 = hd0,1
> 	root (hd0,1)
> 	setup (hd0)
> 5. Reboot and enjoy
> 
> 
> -- 
> Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
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>