On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Carlos Davila wrote:
Yet linux still boots. I am using Lenny and grub. Where is the kernel
actually stored then?
Hi Carlos. This is actually the expected behaviour with lilo. I've seen
it myself many times with lilo.
This is because lilo maps the blocks of the kernel directly rather than
passing through the filesystem.
As thib notes, Grub actually has a similar capability so it looks like
you're using it.
In any case the best way to get rid of a bootloader is to map in another
bootloader.
MS-Windows used to have an undocumented switch "fdisk /mbr" which would
remap the MBR and erase any copy of lilo or grub present. I don't know if
they still have that option.
You can use dd to erase the MBR too. Commands to do this can be found
with a little RTFM. If you do device to erase the MBR using dd then make
sure you back up all important data first.
My preference has always been to get rid of one bootloader by replacing it
with another.
Cheers,
Rob
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