[Sussex] GRUB mystery

Nic James Ferrier nferrier at tapsellferrier.co.uk
Sun Feb 18 11:59:22 UTC 2007


Steve Dobson <steve at dobson.org> writes:

> Nic
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 10:13:57AM +0000, Nic James Ferrier wrote:
>> Gavin Stevens <starshine at gavmusic.uklinux.net> writes:
>> 
>> > I may not be a "techie", but I've been using Linux for over five years
>> > now & can get myself out of trouble most of the time these days, but
>> > this has got me completely baffled - it seems to defy all logic &
>> > reason. Also, I've installed all versions of Debian from 2.2r4 (Potato)
>> > onwards & I've never had this happen before.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions gratefully received.
>> 
>> try lilo?
>
> I would never recommend using lilo of grub any more.  Grub is better
> because it doesn't need to re-install the boot loader if you change
> the kernel image.

Yep. But if lilo works...

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