On Sat, 14 Jul 2001, Neil T. wrote:
> My idea was this: Since I got an error message when trying to
> set up drdos like I did on my laptop, I thought if I got rid of LILO I
> had and instead booted Linux with a floppy, I would be able to do the
> drdos thing.
After re-reading this, I'm wondering... why not just
put dr-dos in your lilo.conf?
When I boot my machine, if I do nothing, I go to RH 6.2
running 2.2.19 kernel with / on hda7. If I hit tab, I'm
presented with options to run the same but with kernel
2.2.14, kernel 2.2.14 on hda2 or OpenDos 7.01.
Yes, LILO stands for LInux LOader, but it handles
all kinds of OS's.
A typical lilo.conf to run a single Linux and
DOS might look like this:
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50 # wait 5 seconds - then boot to default
verbose = 3 # how much stuff to print
prompt # used in conjunction with the timeout
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-6.2.1
label = RH-19
root = /dev/hda7
other = /dev/hda1
label = dos
table=/dev/hda
Once you've edited lilo.conf, run '/sbin/lilo'
and your MBR will contain the info to boot whichever
you choose.
> I promise I will never mess with anything on this @$!&*!!
> machine again if I get it set right.
Well, where's the fun in that?!? ;-)
- Steve
