[opensuse] LILO vs. grub
If I write a LILO config file, and I then /sbin/lilo, will that delete the contribution of grub to the MBR and thoroughly replace that with an MBR defined by LILO? Thanks -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
В Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:08:31 -0700 Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey@earthlink.net> пишет:
If I write a LILO config file, and I then /sbin/lilo, will that delete the contribution of grub to the MBR and thoroughly replace that with an MBR defined by LILO?
If you configure it to boot from MBR - it will replace MBR executable part. I'm not sure that emotional attributes like "thoroughly" are applicable to computer programs so I say "do not know" :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
If I write a LILO config file, and I then /sbin/lilo, will that delete the contribution of grub to the MBR and thoroughly replace that with an MBR defined by LILO?
You need to run "lilo -M device" to overwrite the MBR. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.2°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Tony Alfrey wrote:
If I write a LILO config file, and I then /sbin/lilo, will that delete the contribution of grub to the MBR and thoroughly replace that with an MBR defined by LILO?
Yes. It has to. Both insert little "interpreters" on disk that read information off of the disk that tell those interpreters how to load the different OS's. But each interpreter speaks a different language. The UEFI based bios[es] are trying to solve that, but already there are some incompatible versions out there, so that is already worse in that the BIOS cannot be as easily updated as LILO or GRUB can rewrite the MBR. If the BIOS-based UEFI boot interface stabilizes, it may happen that 1 booter can boot them all, but about that time, people will get suspicious of the Sauron Bios, and the cycle may start all over again... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Linda Walsh wrote:
Tony Alfrey wrote:
If I write a LILO config file, and I then /sbin/lilo, will that delete the contribution of grub to the MBR and thoroughly replace that with an MBR defined by LILO?
Yes.
It has to.
Both insert little "interpreters" on disk that read information off of the disk that tell those interpreters how to load the different OS's.
But each interpreter speaks a different language.
The UEFI based bios[es] are trying to solve that, but already there are some incompatible versions out there, so that is already worse in that the BIOS cannot be as easily updated as LILO or GRUB can rewrite the MBR. If the BIOS-based UEFI boot interface stabilizes, it may happen that 1 booter can boot them all, but about that time, people will get suspicious of the Sauron Bios, and the cycle may start all over again...
Well, I got Grub2 working but I have a LILO config file that I /know/ works and I may use that next time. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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