[H-GEN] Lilo v Grub

[Marco Grigull]

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On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:42:29 -0000
"Alan  H" <agh at lords.com> wrote:

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> Hi folks,
> 
> I am a Linux Newbie, so please be gentle ...
> I have (had) RH8 installed on a new Hard disk - I believe it used Lilo as
> it's loader.
> It booted perfectly.
> 
> I have tried to install Mandrake.
> It  installed OK - but it would not boot!
> 
> Now I have installed Lycoris, and it won't boot either.
> It just gets to what looks like a Grub command prompt.

Most distros that come with grub should generate the menu.lst file that
 provide the menu interface.  Does your installation have this?  

Either in /boot/grub/ or in /boot/


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