Xandros and GRUB

Xandros uses lilo for its bootloader, and you may be comfortable already using GRUB for your bootloader.

If you do NOT want Xandros to install it's lilo into the MBR, select "Custom Install" during installation.

Converting a lilo.conf entry into a GRUB entry is no fun. This GRUB entry worked to boot a Xandros 1.1 installation on hda5.

title xandros
kernel (hd0,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 vga=normal acpi=off
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-2.4.19-x1.gz

However, an even simpler configuration for GRUB is:

title Xandros
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
chainloader +1

And you're done! This second solution is better, in that there is no hardcoded information in the grub entry. Upgrades to Xandros don't require a change to the GRUB entry.

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