Hello Rial,
In order for you to have many image entries, did you have to recompile
the image or did you
add the lines to /etc/lilo.conf ?
Roman
Rial Juan wrote:
>
> Oh yeah, forgot to mention that, you can set a "default" line in there, and a
> "timeout" line as well, so that after the specified timeout it starts up the
> default image.
>
> In my example it defaults to the "test" image, after a timeout of 50 (seconds I
> believe). But if I want to boot the mandrake secure kernel, I can just type in
> "secure" at the lilo prompt. And yes, changes are made as root, and don't forget
> to run lilo afterwards.
>
> Good luck.
>
> On May 18 Romanator wrote:
>
> > Hello Rial,
> >
> > When you have many image sections in your /etc/lilo.conf, do you have to
> > type in a specific command?
> > That is, do you have to type anything other than Linux at your boot
> > prompt? Or. is their another switch to use for another image?
> > I assume that you do all of your changes at ' root '...
> >
> > Roman
> >
> > Rial Juan wrote:
> > >
> > > On May 16 Romanator wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > How do you access 'Console Mode' from within X windows?
> > >
> > > You don't have to be in real console mode; an xterm will do just fine. If you
> > > really want console mode, press CTRL-ALT-F1 for the first console (CTRL-ALT-2
> > > for the second and so on...)
> > >
> > > > In addition, can I review and make modifications from the desktop i.e.
> > > > checking my RAM. I think the command line is: /sbin/lilo.conf
> > >
> > > If you want to check your ram, type the following line in console or xterm
> > > free
> > > To modify lilo options, edit the file /etc/lilo.conf with an ascii-editor. To
> > > activate the changes, in console or xterm type "lilo", as root.
> > >
> > > > Should this be done from ' root ' ?
> > >
> > > Due to file permissions only root can edit /etc/lilo.conf, and only root can
> > > activate lilo options.
> > >
> > > > I have an IDE drive. Should I type in:
> > > > append=hda=ide_scsi mem=128M
> > >
> > > If it's a harddisk, I don't think it's necessary. The only reason you want to
> > > use ide-scsi mode would be to be able to write on a cdr or cdrw drive, and
> > > perhaps it's nice to have your regular cdrom work in ide-scsi mode as well, if
> > > some application demands it. the only app I ever encountered that didn't want to
> > > read from atapi-cdroms was xcdroast.
> > >
> > > Anyway, the line you were looking for is:
> > > append="hda=ide-scsi mem=128M"
> > > ^ ^ ^
> > >
> > > But I'd drop the 'hda=ide-scsi' part. Not necessary, and probably even
> > > dangerous.
> > >
> > > If you're smart, you add another image-section to your /etc/lilo.conf, and leave
> > > the old one alone. This way you can test new settings on the new kernel image,
> > > without modifying your old config, and thus making it impossible to boot if you
> > > screw up. As an example, I'll paste my /etc/lilo.conf below. Notice how I test
> > > all new kernels, and all new lilo settings on the "test" image.
> > >
> > > **************************************************
> > >
> > > boot=/dev/hda
> > > map=/boot/map
> > > install=/boot/boot.b
> > > vga=0x030C
> > > default=test
> > > keytable=/boot/be-latin1.klt
> > > prompt
> > > timeout=50
> > > message=/boot/message
> > >
> > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-test
> > > label=test
> > > root=/dev/hda6
> > > append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
> > > read-only
> > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
> > > label=linux
> > > root=/dev/hda6
> > > append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
> > > read-only
> > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-15mdksecure
> > > label=secure
> > > root=/dev/hda6
> > > append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
> > > read-only
> > > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > > label=linux-up
> > > root=/dev/hda6
> > > append="mem=128M hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
> > > read-only
> > > other=/dev/hda2
> > > label=dos
> > > table=/dev/hda
> > > other=/dev/fd0
> > > label=floppy
> > > unsafe
> > >
> > > **************************************************
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Rial Juan <http://nighty.ulyssis.org>
> > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Belgium tel: (++32) 89/856533
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> > >
> > > The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly.
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> Rial Juan <http://nighty.ulyssis.org>
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Belgium tel: (++32) 89/856533
> ulyssis system admininstrator <http://www.ulyssis.org>
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> The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly.
> That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee...
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