On Saturday 08 December 2001 05:27 pm, you wrote:
> Hi list,
> I am trying to edit my lilo.conf file in order to tell the system that I
> have a second cdrom drive that I want detected as a scsi dev. Each time I
> go to save the changes to the file in the editor it says 'cannot save file,
> discard?' Whay can't I save the file changes in the editor?
> I am using LM 8.1.
> Thank you.
> Mick

Mick, you need to edit this file as root.
log in as su before you edit it, then you can save it.  When you open it as a 
user, it is opened read-only.
Fred

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