You can either remove the offending lines altogther, or if you want to save
the lines for future reference you can put the '#' sign before each line you
want ignored.
Mike
> Michael,
>
> What syntax do you use for commenting out lines in Linux?
>
> Registered Linux User #179293
> Keep your penguin happy
>
>
>
> Romanator wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know Paul has answered this briefly but... Has any one been
> > successfull in adding an entry to the Boot.ini file of WIndows NT4? I
> > would like to see if NT4 will allow me to boot to Linux?
> >
> > I always thought that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Roman
> > Registered Linux User #179293
>
> Really easy... first you need to boot into linux and move lilo to your /
> directory or your /boot directory, whichever one you're using. Do this
> by editing the first line in /etc/lilo.conf to point to /dev/hda(x) (x
> being the partition number that your boot or / directory lives on) and
> then run lilo to set your changes. Next, do:
>
> dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>
> This will drop a bootable image called bootsect.lnx into the directory
> that you're sitting in when you run the command. Copy this file to your
> NT or Windows 'C' partition.
>
> Finally, add a line to the bottom of your boot.ini file like this:
>
> C:\bootsect.lnx="whatever_you_want"
>
> Save the file and exit. Next time you boot, you should see the NT
> bootloader giving you the option to boot into Linux.
>
> Make sure you comment out the 'prompt' and 'timeout' lines in lilo.conf
> before you do the 'dd' step so you won't have to answer questions on
> both bootloaders.
>
> Mike
>
>
