Nick Ballard wrote:
> I have tried installing several commercial Linux distributions (Red
> Hat 9, SuSE 8.2, Lycoris) on my computer recently, and none of them
> have been able to boot. I had originally thought that the problem was
> being caused by a glitch in the BIOS, or in the OSes themselves.
> After some experimentation with these and a few other distros, I have
> concluded that the problem is with the GRUB bootloader. How do I
> remove GRUB and install Lilo? Can I just copy it out of any
> distribution that uses Lilo, or does it need to be done a certain way?
> Any help would be great. Thanks.
>
> Nick
IIRC, at least SuSE 8.2 allows you to choose the bootloader during
installation. Choose LILO instead of the default GRUB, as simple as that.

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