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RE: [SLE] LILO vs GRUB
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:33:07 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <1131021181.31417.4.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 12:54 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Wednesday 2005-11-02 at 11:30 -0800, James D. Parra wrote:
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> > Just to concur with Carlos, after any kernel upgrade, you'll need to run
> > "#/sbin/lilo" to update Lilo's boot selection. There is plenty of
> > documentation for lilo and it is easy to update and modify. It may lack a
> > few of the functions that Grub supports, but it works well enough. You won't
> > be disappointed. Besides, after you make any changes you need or want, you
> > won't need to tend to it again.
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> And I find it easier to diagnose.
>
> For example, grub doesn't recognise my new 160GB hard disk. I had two, one
> a 60 GB model and another 40 GB for linux, that I wanted to retire, I need
> more space. But grub doesn't even see it:
>
> grub> root (hd
> Possible disks are: hd0 hd1
>
>
> and the new disk is number 3, hdd. I can not install grub there, nor can I
> use a boot partition there. I haven't tried lilo yet, but I might. I
> wonder if I could test lilo first without installing it.
>
I thought the third disk would be hdc, doesn't matter how it is attached
to the controller.
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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> The Wednesday 2005-11-02 at 11:30 -0800, James D. Parra wrote:
>
> > Just to concur with Carlos, after any kernel upgrade, you'll need to run
> > "#/sbin/lilo" to update Lilo's boot selection. There is plenty of
> > documentation for lilo and it is easy to update and modify. It may lack a
> > few of the functions that Grub supports, but it works well enough. You won't
> > be disappointed. Besides, after you make any changes you need or want, you
> > won't need to tend to it again.
>
> And I find it easier to diagnose.
>
> For example, grub doesn't recognise my new 160GB hard disk. I had two, one
> a 60 GB model and another 40 GB for linux, that I wanted to retire, I need
> more space. But grub doesn't even see it:
>
> grub> root (hd
> Possible disks are: hd0 hd1
>
>
> and the new disk is number 3, hdd. I can not install grub there, nor can I
> use a boot partition there. I haven't tried lilo yet, but I might. I
> wonder if I could test lilo first without installing it.
>
I thought the third disk would be hdc, doesn't matter how it is attached
to the controller.
--
Ken Schneider
UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
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