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diff --git a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
index 662a83016..f54201c97 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The kernel will load and launch the installer system.
</sect2>
<sect2 arch="x86" id="boot-initrd">
- <title>Booting from Linux using <command>LILO</command> or
+ <title>Booting from Linux using
<command>GRUB</command></title>
<para>
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ and install from the installation image, without needing the network.
</para>
<para>
-For <command>LILO</command>, you will need to configure two
-essential things in <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>:
+For <command>GRUB2</command>, you will need to configure two
+essential things in <filename>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</filename>:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
@@ -139,43 +139,9 @@ its root partition.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-Here is a <filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename> example:
-
</para><para>
-<informalexample><screen>
-image=/boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
- label=newinstall
- initrd=/boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-For more details, refer to the
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>initrd</refentrytitle>
-<manvolnum>4</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
-<citerefentry><refentrytitle>lilo.conf</refentrytitle>
-<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> man pages. Now run
-<userinput>lilo</userinput> and reboot.
-
-</para><para>
-
-The procedure for <command>GRUB1</command> is quite similar. Locate your
-<filename>menu.lst</filename> in the <filename>/boot/grub/</filename>
-directory (or sometimes <filename>/boot/boot/grub/</filename>) and add an
-entry for the installer, for example (assuming <filename>/boot</filename>
-is on the first partition of the first disk in the system):
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-title New Install
-root (hd0,0)
-kernel /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz
-initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-</para><para>
-
-The procedure for <command>GRUB2</command> is very similar. The file is named
-<filename>grub.cfg</filename> instead of <filename>menu.lst</filename>. An entry
-for the installer would be for instance for example:
+An entry for the installer would be for example:
<informalexample><screen>
menuentry 'New Install' {
@@ -187,11 +153,6 @@ initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz
}
</screen></informalexample>
-</para><para>
-
-From here on, there should be no difference between <command>GRUB</command>
-or <command>LILO</command>.
-
</para>
</sect2>