Switching grub to lilo... will this work?

Hi everyone,

Will the following work if I issue /sbin/lilo as I am going to switch from grub to lilo for a server I just upgraded remotely from Red Hat Linux 7.3 to 9?

Here is the working /etc/grub.conf file:
Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.9)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.7)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.7 ro root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-19.7.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.7)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7 ro root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.7.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-13.7)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.7 ro root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initrd-2.4.20-13.7.img
Here is my self-made /etc/lilo.conf file:
Code:
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
lba32

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9
label=2.4.20-19.9
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img
append="root=LABEL=/"

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda3

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9
label=linux-up
root=/dev/hda3
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img
Here are the listing in /boot using ls -al /boot result:
Code:
total 19073
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 2048 Aug 5 14:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Aug 5 14:46 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5824 Jan 24 2003 boot.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612 Jan 24 2003 chain.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44753 May 12 10:34 config-2.4.20-13.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44764 May 29 05:56 config-2.4.20-18.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44753 Jul 15 10:56 config-2.4.20-19.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44753 Jul 15 14:29 config-2.4.20-19.9
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Aug 5 14:23 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122320 May 17 10:31 initrd-2.4.20-13.7.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123756 Jun 5 12:20 initrd-2.4.20-18.7.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122337 Jul 21 15:01 initrd-2.4.20-19.7.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 149744 Aug 5 14:20 initrd-2.4.20-19.9.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 473 Jan 15 2003 kernel.h
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 15 2003 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23108 Feb 24 17:51 message
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21282 Feb 24 17:51 message.ja
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Aug 5 14:20 module-info -> module-info-2.4.20-19.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15438 May 12 10:34 module-info-2.4.20-13.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15438 May 29 05:56 module-info-2.4.20-18.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15438 Jul 15 10:56 module-info-2.4.20-19.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15438 Jul 15 14:29 module-info-2.4.20-19.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 640 Jan 24 2003 os2_d.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Aug 5 14:20 System.map -> System.map-2.4.20-19.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 505095 May 12 10:34 System.map-2.4.20-13.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 505327 May 29 05:56 System.map-2.4.20-18.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 505471 Jul 15 10:56 System.map-2.4.20-19.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 522578 Jul 15 14:29 System.map-2.4.20-19.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2993101 May 12 10:34 vmlinux-2.4.20-13.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2993373 May 29 05:56 vmlinux-2.4.20-18.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2989435 Jul 15 10:56 vmlinux-2.4.20-19.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3212677 Jul 15 14:29 vmlinux-2.4.20-19.9
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Aug 5 14:20 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073021 May 12 10:34 vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073013 May 29 05:56 vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073440 Jul 15 10:56 vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1133130 Jul 15 14:29 vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9
I need to use lilo so that I can use the lilo -R command option with remote reboot control/port to test my compile kernel without bothering my host.

Thanks for anyone who give advice Switching grub to lilo... will this work?

Kindest regards,
Choon

 

 

 

 

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