Changing the Bootloader from GRUB to LILO

[Matthew Benjamin]

On 6/1/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:40 -0500, Matthew Benjamin wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 6/1/06, Clint Olson <colson at sharplabs.com> 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)
>
>
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-- 
Ok I did try what you said and it work perfectly. Thanks and I will try to
read the instructions better from now on.
mB.
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