don't want grub

bluesky · Apprentice Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 230 Location: USA

Can I select LILO instead of grub?

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DancesWithWords · Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2002 9:20 pm Post subject:

all you have to do is emerge lilo instead. I never sucessful got it working

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Yes you can. I don't use it, so can't offer advice on setting it up.
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sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

I am curious, why would you want to choose lilo over grub?

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

I'm guessing by his emoticon "mad" that he's having troubles setting it up.
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bluesky · Apprentice Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 230 Location: USA

>I'm guessing by his emoticon "mad" that he's having troubles setting it up.

hehe. No. I do multiboot and used boot.ini. LILO is just something to get it going( installed in /boot ). :lol:

>I am curious, why would you want to choose lilo over grub?

I probably can use GRUB but can I install it in /boot instead of into the MBR?
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Valen · Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:40 pm Post subject:

You should be able to, although the manual lists this method as deprecated. Look for "Installing GRUB using grub-install" in the manual.

Any reason you are avoiding the MBR (I have had much success with grub and mutlibooting)?

Zu` · l33t Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 716 Location: BE

Perhaps this will help too:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/

Also, the Gentoo Installation Docs can be useful, there's a part about installing GRUB, and IIRC it also tells you how to install GRUB not in MBR.

http://www.gentoo.org/index-docs.html