It's easy, since you're a grub dude yourself: apt-get remove lilo apt-get install grub grub-install update-grub vim /boot/grub/menu.lst update-grub
I'm not kidding. I used to be a lilo advocate, but now installing grub and uninstalling lilo is usually one of the first things I do on a fresh install. (The new installer that they're working on will let you do grub from the get-go.) * Glen Wagley [Fri, 19 Sep 2003 at 17:58 -0500] <quote> > The craptop has again been brought out from under the desk. I snagged a > 10mb netinstall image for Debian and let the good times roll. I decided > that I needed to upgrade to at least the testing branch just for my own > use. However, during the apt-get dist-upgrade to testing, I got a > message telling me that the symlink boot.b needed to be changed and that > I needed to do some funky readlink-piping-to-cut command. Ok, so I > figure, I can do that. I tried it, but got some strange error (I'm not a > LILO dude, I've always used Grub). Of course the next time craptop > booted up, I got that awesome 'LI' on the screen. Yep, I screwed it up > so I had to reinstall. That finished up last night and now I would > really like to upgrade to testing or even unstable. What do I need to > change in the lilo.conf (or what symlink do I need to create for that > matter) after dist-upgrading? Thanx! > -- > Glen Wagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------------------- > "Simple things should be simple and complex > things should be possible." -Alan Kay > -------------------------------------------- > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list </quote> -- Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. http://hans.fugal.net/ | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg http://gdmxml.fugal.net/ | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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