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Debian installation on software RAID (lilo.conf configuration)

Debian installation program has created lilo.conf: boot=/dev/md1 root=/dev/md1 raid-extra-boot=mbr-only But when i configure lilo i usually put these lines disk=/dev/md1 sectors=63 heads=255 ...
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How Do You Non-Destructively Check if grub2 is Installed in The Boot Sector or is Being Chain-Loaded by grub1, Without Rebooting?

We're upgrading several systems from Debian Lenny to Squeeze and I'd like to ensure that I haven't missed any grub2 installations. By default, Squeeze chain-boot-loads from grub1 and you have to run ...