[CentOS] Hardware freezes on Dell Optiplex 320 whilebooting(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499204)

[Jason Pyeron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Akemi Yagi
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 16:39
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Hardware freezes on Dell Optiplex 320 
> whilebooting(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499204)
> 
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > There seem to be two solutions, replace grub with lilo or grub2, 
> > neither of which conform to your "not invasive on the system or 
> > procedure" requirement.
> >
> > Akemi Yagi suggested that you install F13 and chainload CentOS. It 
> > sounds nuts but it seems like the right solution to avoid 
> messing with 
> > your default CentOS install - F13 as a bootloader (!). It 
> reminds me 
> > of a colleague who has a Mac and keeps a minimal OSX install to boot
> > F12 because he couldn't get F12 to work as a single-boot OS.
> 
> I myself have one desktop machine that refuses to cooperate 
> with grub (or should I say grub refuses to cooperate with the 
> hardware?). Long story short, I installed lilo and decided 
> not to spend more time on the problem. The machine has been 
> running fine for years...  :)

Is there a yum way of installing lilo? Will it work with the devicemapper?
(assumption is no)


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