Sure thing I use lilo on my lap. You want config for example? 2010/7/12 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com>
> On 12 July 2010 08:37, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: > > 100712 Mick suggested : > >> install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs > >> and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR. > >> Then chainload it from your LILO bootloader menu. > > > > Thanks for your very prompt response. I'm not sure if I've got it right, > > but I can easily re-install Ubuntu with a /boot partition using Ext2 , > > then tell Lilo to look there for the kernel image. Is that what you mean > ? > > > > Any other suggestions are also welcome. > > Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I recall clicking on 'advanced' or > some such options during the Ubuntu install and it gave me an option > as to where GRUB should go. I chose the /boot partition and then used > the main OS boot manager to chainload Ubuntu's GRUB. > > As was already suggested by John you can instead copy the kernel image > & initrd from the Ubuntu installation and place them in your existing > /boot partition, then point LILO to it. Doing it as I suggest you > will essentially have a mirror installation to your cousin's. > > PS. I found Ubuntu easier to update/upgrade by having separate /boot, > / and /home partitions. > -- > Regards, > Mick > > -- Mateusz Mierzwiński Bluebox Software http://www.blueboxsoft.pl/mateusz-mierzwinski
