On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 12:25 -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > Paul, > > LILO is still the primary boot-loader on your system. The characters > 'LILO' show that LILO is still in both MBR's. Grub did not install to > the MBR's as you and I both observed in our respective tests. LILO is > handling the boot on your system and then chaining to Grub. Oh really? So how in the world did LILO get setup to chain to grub with out me EVER setting up any such configuration? Magic? After running /sbin/lilo: va:root:502)# od -c /dev/sda | head -1 0000000 372 353 | l b a L I L O 001 \0 025 004 $ \0 va:root:503)# od -c /dev/sdb | head -1 0000000 372 353 | l b a L I L O 001 \0 025 004 $ \0 After running '/sbin/grub-install /dev/md0' va:root:505)# od -c /dev/sda | head -1 0000000 353 H 220 l b a L I L O 001 \0 025 004 $ \0 va:root:506)# od -c /dev/sdb | head -1 0000000 353 H 220 l b a L I L O 001 \0 025 004 $ \0 > I warned > you last night that you might have to do an install from the grub > command line. Which would not have tested at all what I was trying to test. -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets