I fail to see why it won't as long as Lilo remains the first thing your
system sees as soon as the BIOS is finished its magic.
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neil P.
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 2:46 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo
>
>
> If at installation I didn't put lilo in the MBR can I still
> have it default
> to DOS if I change the lilo.conf to be the dos partition
> first and I rerun
> lilo??
> let me know
> thanks
> neil
>
>
> thanks
> neil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:24 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Lilo
>
>
> > To re-run lilo you run '/sbin/lilo' at the command prompt
> as root. And
> > yes, it does matter if you put Lilo in the mbr. Having
> Lilo in the mbr
> > allows you to run a multiple boot system.
> >
> > Ken Wilson
> > First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is
> > irrelevant
> > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neil P.
> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 10:30 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know what it means to rerun lilo after editing?
> > > Explain. Also, does
> > > it matter whether or not I put lilo in my MBR or not during
> > > installation of
> > > linux 6.0?
> > > because I didn't do that. I put it on my linux hard drive
> > > instead of the dos
> > > hard drive (my MBR).
> > >
> > > -out
> > > neil
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 6:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Neil P. wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > wait I don't understand. I moved the Dos label above the
> > > linux and it
> > > still
> > > > > didn't work. I don't have a line that says default=linux
> > > or default=dos
> > > > > am I suppossed to add that somewhere? Do I put that line
> > > right above the
> > > > > label=dos line?
> > > > > let me know
> > > > > thanks for the help
> > > > >
> > > > > -out
> > > > > neil
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:34 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Neil P. wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > How do you change the lilo bootup to automatically
> > > startup the DOS
> > > > > paritition by default instead of linux? what file do i
> > > edit and what do
> > > i
> > > > > edit it to?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Opps, hit send and forgot to mention. You will need to
> > > rerun lilo
> > > after
> > > > > > the edit....
> > > >
> > > > "You will need to rerun lilo after the edit" you did this?
> > > >
> > > > The very top line, of your lilo.conf says something like?
> > > > default=dos
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > > > --Axalon
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
