On May 16 Romanator wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows?
You don't have to be in real console mode; an xterm will do just fine. If you
really want console mode, press CTRL-ALT-F1 for the first console (CTRL-ALT-2
for the second and so on...)
> In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e.
> checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf
If you want to check your ram, type the following line in console or xterm
free
To modify lilo options, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf with an ascii-editor. To
activate the changes, in console or xterm type "lilo", as root.
> Should this be done from ' root ' ?
Due to file permissions only root can edit /etc/lilo.conf, and only root can
activate lilo options.
> I have an IDE drive. Should I type in:
> append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M
If it's a harddisk, I don't think it's necessary. The only reason you want to
use ide-scsi mode would be to be able to write on a cdr or cdrw drive, and
perhaps it's nice to have your regular cdrom work in ide-scsi mode as well, if
some application demands it. the only app I ever encountered that didn't want to
read from atapi-cdroms was xcdroast.
Anyway, the line you were looking for is:
append="hda=ide-scsi mem=128M"
^ ^ ^
But I'd drop the 'hda=ide-scsi' part. Not necessary, and probably even
dangerous.
If you're smart, you add another image-section to your /etc/lilo.conf, and leave
the old one alone. This way you can test new settings on the new kernel image,
without modifying your old config, and thus making it impossible to boot if you
screw up. As an example, I'll paste my /etc/lilo.conf below. Notice how I test
all new kernels, and all new lilo settings on the "test" image.
**************************************************
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=0x030C
default=test
keytable=/boot/be-latin1.klt
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz-test
label=test
root=/dev/hda6
append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
label=linux
root=/dev/hda6
append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdksecure
label=secure
root=/dev/hda6
append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-up
root=/dev/hda6
append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
other=/dev/hda2
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
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