Went off without a hitch. Thanks all! Brian
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Collins > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: GRUB & LILO > > > On Wed, 22 May 2002 07:16:58 -0400 "Brian Witowski" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
