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Old 05-10-2007, 09:36 PM   #1
vcfstephen
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Bootloader Lilo competing with Grub, Grub wins

I had Ubuntu 7 on first but decided I should go for slack 11.0 saw it running with VMware server and Win XP quite amazing was it's speed. Grub is still in the MBR I need some help to get the right App that will remove it and I am a real newbe so assistance would be great on the install.
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Old 05-10-2007, 09:39 PM   #2
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2 ways to remove it.
You can download super grub and remove it with that, or wipe the mbr with a windows cd and reinstall lilo.
 
Old 05-10-2007, 11:54 PM   #3
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you can just run lilo ... it will overwrite GRUB ...
 
Old 05-11-2007, 12:05 AM   #4
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Why can't you use grub with Slackware? There should be menu.lst file in /boot. Save and edit it to include Slackware rather than Ubuntu.
 
  


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