[OLUG] redhat 5.2 on my laptop

Tom Langham thurlowelangham at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 5 23:32:21 UTC 2000



--- Nathan Brown <tbrown at radiks.net> wrote:
> Daniel Pfile wrote:
> 
> > ahhh lilo... i've found lilo to... well.... suck!
> >
> > i've been using GRUB for a while now, and i love
> it, it's so much nicer
> > than lilo, and can be loaded from within a windows
> system easily.
> >
> > freshmeat says:
> >
> > GNU GRUB is a Multiboot loader. It was derived
> from GRUB. It is an attempt
> > to produce a bootloader for IBM PC-compatible
> machines that
> >    has both the capability to be friendly to
> beginning or otherwise
> > non-technically interested users and the
> flexibility to help experts in
> >    diverse environments. It is compatible with
> Free/Net/OpenBSD and
> > Linux. It supports Win 9x/NT and OS/2 via
> chain-loaders. It has a
> >    menu interface and a command-line interface.
> >
> > it's slick, i dig it, i'll probobly never go back
> to lilo again.
> >
> > oh yah, url is:
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
> >
> > # Daniel Pfile        # I have no cool signature.
> > # pfiled at marietta.edu # Finger for free illegal
> software.
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Chris Garrity wrote:
> >
> > >       If you can boot, then just run 'lilo' as
> root.  If you're stuck at the
> > > 'Boot:' prompt, you need to specify the parition
> where your root
> > > directory is located.  Something like:
> > >
> > >       Boot: linux single root=/dev/hdXX initrd=
> > >
> > >       Wil get into run level one, where you can
> rerun lilo and reboot.
> > >
> > > _chris
> > >
> > > Nathan Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > can somone tell me how to setup lilo on a
> system that is running.
> > > > I had to reinstall windows 98 into it's
> partition. When I did that
> > > > windows wiped out my use to be lilo.
> > > > I have a boot disk but I don't know the
> command to get to lilo to set it
> > > > up again.
> > > > thanks
> > > > Nate
> > >
> > >
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> Ok! i will try it but which file do i download ....
> there were about 10 in the
> list
> thanks
> nate
> 
> 
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