On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 08:11:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has > > worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though > > you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself. > > The (or A, or The Main) problem is that it -seems- there is still a chunk > of LILO, or something that refers to it, on my system somewhere -- because > even after removing the lilo pkg, running dpkg --purge on it, and installing > grub, I still get a vertical line of > > LI > > running all the way down the left hand side of a black screen upon reboot. > And as the bottom one is flickering, I can only assume that this "LI" is > being spit out ad infinitum. > > Why this happens and where it is coming from (where could an "LI" be > coming from if not from some remnant of the package?) is a total mystery. > > > > I suppose the boot floppy you have is working since you were able to > > boot to adjust the config? Always using a floppy is one alternative > > (though not a particularly nice one). > > Right now I'm using a CD. I don't like having to do this, especially when > I have no clue why I should have to. It's frustrating.
You must have installed lilo into the master boot record (mbr). Note that lilo can be installed into the mbr or the first part of a partition. (You can use another program in the mbr or you can use lilo.) What I do is use the mbr program that cam with debian when I installed. To install it you just run install-mbr - check out the man page (man install-mbr) for options. So in summary, what you need to do is over-write the part of lilo that you installed on the mbr. You could do this by installing something else as the mbr. I would suggest you try install-mbr and since you now have grub - you should be able to tell install-mbr which partition you have installed grub onto so that it can start loading grub. Hth. Mark.
