[TriLUG] grub and lilo problem

[Jason Tower]

i've had problem with grub before, particularly with suse.  try using 
lilo instead.

jason

On Sunday 18 July 2004 14:58, William Villalba wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I've been trying for the last 4 days to install linux on my  system ,
> but I am doing something that is preventing grub or lilo to be
> installed in the mbr. This is the situation: I have two hard drives,
> a 160 gb and a 80 gb. I used to have the 80 gb for data and the 160
> gb for the operating systems--windows xp, gentoo, and suse. I decided
> to swap the 160 for data and the 80 for installing operating systems.
> I  did the usual:  installed windows then went ahead to install
> linux. Originally I planned to install SuSe 9.1--a network install,
> and after finishing, everything seemed to be okay, but grub did not
> work. I tried to fix grub by using the "rescue" option, invoking
> "grub", root (hd0,x), and setup (hd0), but didn't work. I tried then
> to install Mandrake, RedHat, Debian...with the same result. Of
> course, I checked the bios and changed some settings--from "Enhance"
> to "legacy", from "auto" to "user", and played around with different
> possibilities. No luck!
> Does anyone know what could be the problem? I thought that this was a
> kernel 2.6 issue, but I guess not because I have tried installations
> with kernel 2.4, but does not work either.  My system  is a Pentium
> 4, with a Intel motherboard, a  80gb Maxtor drive and a Seagate 160
> drive--both ide. A while ago I had a similar problem and how I solved
> it was by installing Linux first, then Windows and later using a
> knoppix cd to restore grub. However, I am not too sure this is the
> ideal solution, not to mention that this one have my head
> spinning...and I can't solve it. Any help I will greatly appreciate
> it.
>
> william