"Price, Erik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed Debian a few weeks ago, then installed SuSE on top of it > (keeping the partition setup I had created during the Debian > install). SuSE installed a boot loader for me, so that whenever I > start the computer I get to choose between Linux and Windows (and > Linux "Safe Mode", though I'm not familiar with that). Now I've > reinstalled Debian (still keeping the original partition setup). > > Two questions: > > 1) If I choose Linux from the current, SuSE-installed LILO, will > that actually boot up my new Debian installation? Or does LILO > somehow "remember" that it's looking for SuSE? (If it matters, > the LILO screen shows the SuSE logo still, would be nice to > replace that with the Debian whorl.)
You'll probably get nothing, if I read your situation correctly (you completely overwrote the SuSE install with a Debian install, yes?). LILO records the physical location on the disk where your kernel is installed, which is why you also need to re-run it when you install a new kernel. > 2) If I use apt-get to install LILO, will that overwrite the old > LILO or will something else happen... I'm afraid to do too much > writing on /dev/sda because I don't want to damage my fragile > Win2k setup, but I'd like to use LILO to boot into Linux rather > than my Debian Boot Disk. I believe 'apt-get install lilo' won't actually do anything until you run 'lilo' as root. You might consider installing GRUB instead, though; the initial installation is IME a little trickier, but you never need to reinstall it again, since the bootloader has some filesystem support. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
