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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

In particular, these can be parameters that need to be passed to better
define the hard disk when some aspect of that disk can??™t be autodetected. For example:
append=???hd=64,32,202???.
 ramdisk??”Add the size of the RAM disk that you want to use in order to override the
size of the RAM disk built into the kernel.
 read-only??”Mount the root file system read-only. It is typically remounted read-write
after the disk is checked.
 read-write??”Mount the root file system read/write.
Changing Your Boot Loader
If you don??™t want to use the GRUB boot loader, or if you tried out LILO and want to switch back to
GRUB, it??™s not hard to change to a different boot loader on Linux distributions that support both
boot loaders. To switch your boot loader from GRUB to LILO, do the following:
1. Configure the /etc/lilo.conf file as described in the ???Booting Your Computer with
LILO??? section.
2. As root user from a Terminal window, type the following:
# lilo
The new Master Boot Record is written, including the entries in /etc/lilo.conf.
3. Reboot your computer. You should see the LILO boot screen.
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Installing Linux 7
To change your boot loader from LILO to GRUB, do the following:
1. Configure the /boot/grub/grub.conf file as described in the ???Booting Your Computer
with GRUB??? section.


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