Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:53:34 -0500 Message-ID: <3107419464thaenni@kc.rr.com> From: Tia Haenni <thaenni@kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: grub configuration tool
I have a somewhat related question. I have RH 7.2 with grub dual booted with Windws 2kPro. How can I change which OS is the default?
Tia
On 6/20/2002 11:29 AM, Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy <mbellamy@kc.rr.com> wrote:
>You're right, LILO is still an option at startup, but I went with
>GRUB
>because I assumed that as the default choice there would be GUI support
>
>for configuration. Anyway, I knew I could always fall back on LILO.
> I
>don't trust my knowledge of GRUB enough to make changes to text files.
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>Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
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>>>I just installed RedHat 7.3 with GRUB as my boot loader. Problem
>is I
>>>didn't know how to configure GRUB, so I just replaced it with LILO.
>>>
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>>Um...why didn't you just choose LILO as the boot-loader in the first
>>place? This was still an option on the 7.2 install, is 7.3 different?
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>>> Does anyone know of a GRUB configuration GUI tool? Is there any
>>>significant differences between the two? This is just a test box,
>so
>>>"working" is my only requirement, but it'd be good to know for
>future
>>>reference.
>>>
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>>The grub configuration file is pretty easy to understand...all the
>core
>>components (kernel & ramdisk image to boot, and any kernel parameters)
>>will be the same between lilo and grub, the only difference is the
>>config file syntax to specify them. The biggest difference between
>the
>>two (from my perspective) is grub knows how to read the filesystem
>on
>>the HDD (so you change the config files and it just works), while
>lilo
>>needs to store references to the file's absolute sectors, so you
>have to
>>"re-run" lilo after making any change.
>>
>>Charles Steinkuehler
>>charles@steinkuehler.net
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