I have a (remote) RedHat 7.2 system I inherited that uses LILO.

I like to convert it to use GRUB (primarily so kernel RPM updates can go a bit smoother for a new admin).

Can anyone tell me how to achive the conversion? Apparently,
grub-install --root-directory=/boot '(hd0,0)'
was not persuasive enough. I'm guessing some mbr fiddling is needed since
dd if=/dev/hda count=1 |strings
still shows LILO. Comments, how-to, ?
Thanks

How about 'grub-install /dev/hda' and/or 'grub-install /dev/hda1'?

thanks, tried that but I still see LILO in the 'dd' output -

# grub-install /dev/hda1
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

# this device map was generated by anaconda
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda

# dd if=/dev/hda count=1 |strings
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
|lbaLILO <====
0<:r
VVWQ
D[YSRWQ

since this is a -remote- box...I have limited ways to "see" things.

To get it installed on the MBR, you have to use 'grub-install /dev/hda' (NOT hda1).

that may have worked! at least GRUB now shows up in the 'dd' output. Now I have to find a way to reboot with a monitor and some body watching. Thanks!

# grub-install /dev/hda
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

# this device map was generated by anaconda
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda

# dd if=/dev/hda count=1 |strings
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
lbaLILO
ZRrI
D|f1
GRUB <========
Geom
Hard Disk
Read
Error