I just got done sort of installing Progeny. I started it up and started to
install it only to find out it installed Grub in the MBR. I have no experience
with Grub and already had 3 OS's booting off of lilo.
I didn't see any options for Grub to install it on the first part of the
partition. No options for a custom install ( unless you wanted to go to a command
line and do it from there. I don't know enough about linux to do that ). Maybe I
missed something. Other than that and the fact that it didn't detect my mouse
correctly when it went into Xwindow mode it was pretty cool.
I had the mouse problem before with Redhat also ( the newer 7 beta. Wolverine?
). It keeps detecting a PS/2 mouse ( I have a port but I disabled it and yet I
still apparently have a mouse attached to it ).
I thought it was cool that it detected all my hardware. No other distro did
that correctly. It even inserted the modules.
Other than that it was pretty cool. At least what I got to see. I didn't get
the whole thing configured because of the mouse thing ( they should at least allow
you to change that manually ).
I also just got my first experience with RIP ( Rescue Is Possible ). It rocks.
Everything back to normal now.
: )
sim
Simeon Johnston wrote:
> I just got the CD written today and am going to try to install tonight.
> What is the difference between grub and lilo? And, can I install with grub on
> the first part of the partition instead of in the MBR like lilo?
> I have a 13.6 GB HD and have Win98/Trustix-1.2/RedHat-7.0 installed to triple
> boot with a bit of room left over for another distro or 2 ( maybe a BSD ).
> In other words, will it play well with lilo? I would like to try it out.
>
> sim