On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 10:11 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote: > > > On 6/1/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:40 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote: > > > > > > On 6/1/06, Clint Olson <colson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 09:45 -0500, Matthew > Benjamin wrote: > > > > > >> Can someone tell me how to change your boot > loader from > > GRUB to LILO? > > >> > > > > > > Good lord, why? Grub is FAR more capable than > LILO > > It's also a bit more complex to configure than > Lilo. I know > > that I > > personally prefer Lilo, where you can simply and > easily edit > > its single > > configuration file by hand, using the > familiar /dev/hda1 > > syntax to > > denote partitions. I've never run into anything > Lilo can't > > handle, so > > why work with complexity if you don't have to? > > > > *shrugs* Ah well. I can see this guy's point, but I > also know > > that > > there are no Lilo packages for FC5, hence removing > Lilo's > > simplicity > > advantage. > > > > Clint Olson > > > > - > > > > grub wouldn't be so bad but I can't get pass the stupid > grub> > > prompt to boot up. > > > > i have done the > > install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0)/grub/stage1 (hd0) > \ > > (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 p (hd0,0)/grub/grub.conf > > > > to no avail... augghhhhh!!! > > There's two ways to do it. 1) Boot off the rescue CD in > single user > mode, then: > > # chroot /mnt/sysimage/boot > # grub-install /dev/hda > # exit (leaves the chroot environment) > # exit (exits the rescue boot) > > 2) Use grub, but the easier sequence is: > > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > > That assumes that the the stage1 loader is in /boot/grub and > that /boot > is NOT a separate partition. If you're not sure, use the > sequence: > > grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > grub> root (whatever-the-find-command-displays) > grub> setup (hd0) > Ok I did try what you said and it work perfectly. Thanks and I will > try to read the instructions better from now on. That's why the list exists, Matt. Glad to help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - grasshopotomaus: A creature that can leap to tremendous heights... - - ...once. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
