Hi, I was wondering what is the best boot loader to use grub or lilo? I have grub installed on my debian system but debian also has a package lilo that I can install. I am trying to get both debian and fedora core 6 bootable and when I try adding the proper lines to my menu.lst file and hit the down errow and then enter nothing happens. This makes me believe that the boot loader is not working properly or I did not write the file properly. Here is what I have currently in my menu.lst file, I have debian installed on /dev/hda1 and fedora core 6 installed on /dev/hda3 Do you think I should stick with grub or switch to lilo? ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet speakup_synth=dectlk ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions= ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=false ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(single-user) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system ## can be true or false # updatedefaultentry=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-speakup-686 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-speakup-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet speakup_synth=dectlk initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-speakup-686 savedefault title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-speakup-686 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-speakup-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet speakup_synth=dectlk single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-speakup-686 savedefault ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST title fedora core 6 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6spkxen root=/dev/hda3 ro quiet speaku$ initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6spkxen.img savedefault
