Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:00:33 +0000 (BST) From: "M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is it possible to use GRUB like LILO? here is my lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda4 root=/dev/hda4 compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only Do I just add all of this to the GRUB config file, and then install grub onto hard disk (I'm currently booting hurd via GRUB on a floppy)? and can I use append="mem=128M" as well? I'm not sure what all those LILO options mean. I guess that some are global LILO configuration parameters (boot, compact, install, delay), some are parameters for the specefic boot entry (image, label), and some are options to the kernel itself (root, vga, map). A corresponding GRUB entry would be something like root=(hd0,3) kernel=/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 if you want to include mem=128M you would add an entry root=(hd0,3) kernel=/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 mem=128M For the exact format of the GRUB configuration file (usually /boot/grub/menu.lst), please refer to the GRUB documentation. The only problem is the vga= option. Because video mode selection is a bit of a kludge in Linux (it's done before switching the processor to protected mode) the video mode is encoded in the kernel binary itself and cannot be changed by means of a command line option. Apparently LILO knows the location of this information and stuffs in something else if you use a vga= option. AFAIK GRUB cannot do this. But of course the vga=normal can be ommitted since it is the default. Mark
