On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, RICHARD FRIEDMAN wrote:
> As far as I (also a newbie) understand it, you could do what you ask and
> LILO would default to DOS but, what's the point? If LILO isn't in the MBR,
> then, unless you have another boot manager in MBR, DOS (or Windows) will
> automatically boot anyway. And if you DO have another boot manager in MBR,
> you don't need to change LILO to default to DOS. Just change the boot
> manager you are using to default to DOS.
>
> If I am wrong, I hope someone will correct me. :-)
Tada, guess who's beeen paying attention. ;) Nice job Rick
> Rick Friedman
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil P. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 5:46 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
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > --Axalon
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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