Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say >>> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not >>> Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw up Grub. I don't know whether >>> the install will give me the option to skip installing Lilo. If it does >>> there is no problem...but if it doesn't will there be a problem. >>> >> If the distro writes LILO to the MBR, then yes that will destroy grub. >> Do you feel confident that you can restore grub from the boot disk in >> the event that it is needed? It is a trivial task but only for those >> who have done it before. In any case, be sure to back it up. > > Also, it sounds like grub looks for its menu.lst on hda3. If that's > the case, you'll want to change it before you wipe hda3 to install a > new distribution. > > Daniel > > OK would this require a Grub reinstall ??? I've been using Debian for years but this Grub stuff is above me !
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