Re: LILO config

[Vinay Avasthi <Vinay_Avasthi-A12733@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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If you are using Redhat Linux, why don't you try linuxconf.

VA
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> Hariharan Narayanan wrote:
> 
> > 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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