[SOLVED] Still prefer LILO over GRU/GRUB2n ??
by SimonDevine from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5KSA1)
As one who isn't competent with GRUB or GRUB2 yet, I have found how to boot distros insistent on GRUB with LILO.
It's not tough at all.
Here's part of my liio.conf that does it...
image = /home/centos/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
initrd = /home/centos/boot/initramfs-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64.img
#root = /dev/sda8
append="root=UUID=4450c1c9-0d31-46ce-adae-c09ae304d224"
label = Centos
read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
#image = /home/opensuse/boot/vmlinuz
# initrd = /home/opensuse/boot/initrd
# #root = /dev/sda7
# append="root=UUID=f73af328-1d05-48ad-8fec-47f40c1829f6"
# label = OpenSuse
# read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
The append="root=UUID=abcdefgh-ijkl-mnop-qrst-uvwxyzab" does what's required to get lilo to boot a GRUB distro.
This works for Centos and Opensuse. I suspect it'll work elswhere too.
Keep on LILO-ing!
:study:
It's not tough at all.
Here's part of my liio.conf that does it...
image = /home/centos/boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
initrd = /home/centos/boot/initramfs-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64.img
#root = /dev/sda8
append="root=UUID=4450c1c9-0d31-46ce-adae-c09ae304d224"
label = Centos
read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
#image = /home/opensuse/boot/vmlinuz
# initrd = /home/opensuse/boot/initrd
# #root = /dev/sda7
# append="root=UUID=f73af328-1d05-48ad-8fec-47f40c1829f6"
# label = OpenSuse
# read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
The append="root=UUID=abcdefgh-ijkl-mnop-qrst-uvwxyzab" does what's required to get lilo to boot a GRUB distro.
This works for Centos and Opensuse. I suspect it'll work elswhere too.
Keep on LILO-ing!
:study: