Are you running "lilo" after changes to the file?  See the lilo homepage
for why you need to do this (and grub's homepage for why you don't with
grub) - if you are interested.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Royds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:11 AM
> To: CLUG
> Subject: Lilo stubbornly resists configuration
> 
> 
> I've tried editing the /etc/lilo.conf file to either:
> 
>    1. Default to Windows, so that my other half doesn't keep 
> ending up 
> in Linux by accident, or
>    2. Disable the timer, so that you don't forget to specify the OS.
> 
> Strangely, changing to Default="Windows" and deleting the 
> Time-out entry 
> didn't make any difference at all.
> 
> Suggestions, other than removing Windows? If you think that's the 
> answer, then help me sort out my modem first.
> 
> Douglas.
> 
> 

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