On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Payne Stanifer wrote:
| I accidently forgot to setup a dual boot with windows on my install. What
| entries do I need to add to my lilo.conf to get it allow me to choose
| windows at the boot up. PLease help ASAP. I am in dsperate need of some
| critical files! THANKS!
| Payne
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As a default, the Mandrake installer sets up LILO to boot both OS's for you.
Linux is the default if you let LILO time out, but to boot Windows, simply
enter "dos" (no quotes) at the LILO prompt.
To chamge the LILO default, you have to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file.
Re-arange the sections so the dos section is ahead of the linux section.
I have included my lilo.conf file as an example, but I have edited my
configuration a little.
The "dos" section starts with the line "other=/dev/hda1" and includes the two
indented lines following.
The Linux section starts with the line "image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk" and
includes the three indented lines following.
You may note that my two "label" lines (one for each OS) indicate "w" for the
"dos" section (short for Windows), and "l" (lower case L) for Linux.. This is
because I am a lazy man and do not like to key any more than I need to.
Finally, if you change your /etc/lilo.conf file, you must run the lilo command
from a command line to record the changes in the MBR, and they will be in effect
the next time you re-boot or start your system.
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
linear
timeout=50
other=/dev/hda1
label=w
table=/dev/hda
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk
label=l
root=/dev/hda5
append="mem=80M"
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HTH,
Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
