[wplug] help interperting errors in messages log

[Vanco, Donald]

squeegy-wplug at squeegy.org wrote:
> When you say ditching it what do you exactly mean?  ditching
> lilo?  grub does not have this problem?  how do I switch if that is
> the case? 
	
	You'll need to convert your lilo.conf file contents to a format that
matches what's expected in a grub.conf file, then run grub-install.  "info
grub" on a Red Hat system has good info - but the on-line stuff from RH is a
little better.  "Linux in a Nutshell" (4th ed) has a good grub section as
well.

	Yes - grub has no 1024 cylinder limitation.  Also - when you edit
grub.conf there's no need to do anything (a la "edit lilo.conf; re-run lilo)
- it updates automagically.

Don


>>> It is a hard drive.  an old 2gb drive.  I am running the latest Red
>>> Hat 8.0 kernel.  right now only /boot and swap are on this drive.  I
>>> couldn't put /boot on the newer drive without re-partitioning it and
>>> losing everything.  I tried to just put the files in a directory
>>> /boot, but it wouldn't boot due toi the 1023 limit for lilo.
>> 
>> I suggest using the lba32 option in lilo, or ditching it entirely, if
>> you want to boot past the 1024 barrier.
>>    Jonathan Billings