Re: lilo probs

On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 10:10, mike hoy wrote:
> hi,
>
> i installed gentoo and chose grub.
>
> when i rebooted lilo was still there.
>
> for an experiment i deleted an entire hdd and lilo was
> still there. i guess it's hard to delete the mbr..
>
> anyway how does one completely wipeout a hdd with
> linux?
>
> i don't want my old lilo on my hdd.
>
> question: do i have to install lilo again instead of
> grub so that the old lilo will be gone?
>
> confused,,
>
> mike h

When you install the new boot loader, whatever it may be, to the MBR, it
will overwrite lilo.

Ex (installing grub to MBR):
  grub --batch <<EOF
    > root (hd0,0)
    > setup (hd0)
    > quit
    > EOF

This'll put grub on the MBP and it will look for it's config files on
hda1.

Bart

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