Uninstalling The Linux Boot Loader; Creating Boot Cds - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

4 Click OK to save the changes
5 Click Finish in the main dialog to apply the changes.
During the conversion, the old GRUB configuration is saved to the disk. To use it,
simply change the boot loader type back to GRUB and choose Restore Configuration
Saved before Conversion. This action is available only on an installed system.
NOTE: Custom Boot Loader
To use a boot loader other than GRUB or LILO, select Do Not Install Any Boot
Loader. Read the documentation of your boot loader carefully before choosing
this option.
8.3 Uninstalling the Linux Boot
Loader
YaST can be used to uninstall the Linux boot loader and restore the MBR to the state
it had prior to the installation of Linux. During the installation, YaST automatically
creates a backup copy of the original MBR and restores it upon request.
To uninstall GRUB, start the YaST boot loader module (System > Boot Loader). Select
Other > Restore MBR of Hard Disk and confirm with Yes, Rewrite.

8.4 Creating Boot CDs

If problems occur while booting your system using a boot manager or if the boot man-
ager cannot be installed on the MBR of your hard disk or floppy disk, it is also possible
to create a bootable CD with all the necessary start-up files for Linux. This requires a
CD writer be installed in your system.
Creating a bootable CD-ROM with GRUB merely requires a special form of stage2
called stage2_eltorito and, optionally, a customized menu.lst. The classic
files stage1 and stage2 are not required.
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