"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>>>
>>> ... snip ...
>>>>
>>>> Also if you have changed the disk arrangement,
>>>> you probably should say "grub-install --recheck /dev/hda".
>>>
>>> Is there something similar for LILO reinstallation?
>>
>> Typing "lilo".
>
> That certainly sounds simple enough, but dangerous. I assume it
> will then recheck all the physical drives present for boot sectors,
> incorporate them in lilo.conf, and write the new MBR out? Can't
> get at the documentation just now.

It doesn't check for anything, it just does rewrites it. The "recheck"
option is necessary, but hardly necessary for most work.