Boy, am I dumb. I guess I put out my plea for help twice, and I apologize. Nevertheless, I appreciate your effort and advice and especially the sample. I have lots of good info from the new edition of Running Linux. It is MUCH CLEAREr than the old edition. My problem with linux is that I am not a tech worker. I am an English teacher, but I still prefer Linux to Windoze. adios, thanks, steve --- "Ernest N. Wilcox Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a console screen, you can usr the "man lilo" > command and the "man > lilo.conf" command to get the information you will > need. I think that > there is a HowTo document as well on the subject. I > have included my > own lilo.conf file below. As you can see, it is not > standard, as my > default boot is into Windoze (for the sake of my > family), and I do > not use the default labels (I am too lazy to type > out the entire words > either linux or dos, so I use "l" for linux, and "w" > for Windoze). I > only include it so you can see what's in the file, > and maybe with the > docs in your Linux system, it will be of help. LILO > is, and must by > nature be specific to each system it is installed > on, so the best > help you can get will be found in the documentation. > > > 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-2.2.9-27mdk > label=l > root=/dev/hda3 > append="mem=80M" > read-only > > If you want a hard copy of some usefull Linux > commands, one source is > the Linux for Dummies book. It is not as good as I > would have > hoped, but it does have a few really usefull things > in it to help us > "dummies" who are new to Linux, including some info > on LILO. > I don't know how usefull this will be, but I hope it > helps. > > Ernie > > > > On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Steve Winston wrote: > > I am getting ready in my clutzy ignorant way to > try to > > rewrite lilo so that I gives me choice between > Linux > > Mandrake 6.0 and Win98. Does anyone have any > > suggestions? > > Linux is on the master hard drive and win98 is on > the > > slave. I notice that linux recognizes the win98 > drive > > on boot-ing up although it doesn't seem to any but > the > > first partition on the windows drive. > > Any recommendations will be appreciated. > > thanks, steve > > > > ===== > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
