[ale] Getting Linux OS to boot

[trey at fastmail.fm (Trey Sizemore)]

Michael Hirsch wrote:

>>Well, in the Mandrake rescue mode, I told it to install the bootloader
>>to the MBR for /dev/hdb, but it didn't prompt me for which one.  I can
>>find a lilo.conf but no grub.conf even though both are installed.  I
>>don't know *which* bootloader it is!
>>
>>    
>>
>When you boot /dev/hdb do you see LILO or GRUB?  That'll tell you.  :-)
>
>You might also look for menu.lst instead of grub.conf.  menu.lst is the
>original name, though people seem to be moving towards grub.conf.  I
>don't recall which Mandrake uses--I think they are symlinked together.
>
>Michael
>
It's LILO.  Now I just want  to make sure that the syntax is correct per 
my post a little higher up in the thread.