Re: LILO config

[Hariharan Narayanan <umakanth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> after editing
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> root=/dev/hda
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/dev/hda1
>         label=dos
>         root=/dev/hda1
>         read-only
> other=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
>         label=lin
>         root=/dev/hdb1
>
> Deivanayak Balakrishnan

Hi Balakrishnan,
    To make LILO boot DOS by default, you DO NOT have to change the 'image =' and 'other =' entries to point to DOS and linux
respectively. By default LILO boots that image which comes first in /etc/lilo.conf (anybody pls. correct me if wrong). So your changed
/etc/lilo.conf must simply look like this.

default
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
other=/boot/hda1                <<<<<<<<<< This comes first to let LILO boot DOS by def.
        label=dos
        table=/dev/hda
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
        label=lin
        root=/dev/hdb1


PS : Somebody please clear this doubt. Is the "image = " entry used ONLY to list linux kernels. Can we not list any other OS's kernel
images using this entry? Do other OS's kernel image entry have to be under 'other =' in '/etc/lilo.conf' ?

Thanks,
Hari.

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