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Sure thing I use lilo on my lap. You want config for example? |
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2010/7/12 Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> |
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> On 12 July 2010 08:37, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > 100712 Mick suggested : |
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> >> install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs |
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> >> and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR. |
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> >> Then chainload it from your LILO bootloader menu. |
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> > Thanks for your very prompt response. I'm not sure if I've got it right, |
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> > but I can easily re-install Ubuntu with a /boot partition using Ext2 , |
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> > then tell Lilo to look there for the kernel image. Is that what you mean |
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> > Any other suggestions are also welcome. |
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> Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I recall clicking on 'advanced' or |
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> some such options during the Ubuntu install and it gave me an option |
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> as to where GRUB should go. I chose the /boot partition and then used |
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> the main OS boot manager to chainload Ubuntu's GRUB. |
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> As was already suggested by John you can instead copy the kernel image |
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> & initrd from the Ubuntu installation and place them in your existing |
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> /boot partition, then point LILO to it. Doing it as I suggest you |
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> will essentially have a mirror installation to your cousin's. |
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> PS. I found Ubuntu easier to update/upgrade by having separate /boot, |
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> / and /home partitions. |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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Mateusz Mierzwiński |
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