On Wednesday 02 November 2005 9:39 am, Matt Stamm wrote:
Every install attempt resulted in a GRUB error on the initial boot after the first CD. Changing the bootloader from GRUB to LILO fixed the problem and resulted in a successfull install.
Should I be concerned that I could not use GRUB?
What is the downside to using LILO instead of GRUB ?
With respect to the other posters, the main difference between LILO and GRUB
is that LILO is effectively a scaled down Linux kernel where GRUB is its
own code. Both install code into the boot block of the hard disk. In the
case, of GRUB, it then loads its stage2 code which reads
the /boot/grub/menu.lst (or grub.conf). LILO must be reinstalled everytime
you change the kernel. While GRUB is the newer tool, I don't think that
LILO will go away any time soon.
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Jerry Feldman