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
>
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