AJ wrote: ... >Is it possible that when i turn on my computer i get a 'BOOT:' prompt >and i can type either: 'win' for windows or 'linux' for linux using >Lilo? if i can.. can someone give me an example of there lilo.conf file
Here's a sample /etc/lilo.conf that allows booting from a choice of kernels as well as Windows 95. This configuration delays for 20 deciseconds before booting the first image in the list. If you press <CTRL> before the time limit expires, you get a prompt. lilo also has options to prompt by default, and to timeout and boot the default if the prompt is not answered within some time limit. Edit to fit your circumstances and then run /sbin/lilo to implement it: boot=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.1.125 label=Linux append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra parport=auto" read-only # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33 label=Linux-33 append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra" read-only # Linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34 label=Linux-34 append="mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra" read-only # Windows 95 other=/dev/hda1 label=Win95 If your Linux root partition is not on the same drive as your DOS/Windows C: partition, you must make boot=/dev/hda (1st IDE drive) or /dev/sda (first SCSI drive), whichever holds the C: partition. If they are on the same drive, you can have boot the same as your root partition, as I do here. This is somewhat safer. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. Therefore despise thou not the chastening of the Almighty." Job 5:17