On 0, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <quote who="Subba Rao">
>
> > In the current LILO configuration, I have:
> > boot=/dev/hda
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration?
>
> But of course! :)
>
> > I prefer that VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install
> > other Guest OSs on other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in
> > lilo.conf, direct to the other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc?
>
> Change this to boot=/dev/hda1, so that it's only the partition that knows
> about Linux.
>
> Then, install GAG to your MBR for normal OS switching - it's tiny,
> graphical, and perky. It's also Free Software. You can find GAG on
> Freshmeat.
>
>
Thank you for replying.
I want the system to boot up with the default system being Linux. When I start
VMWare and select Win98 (/dev/hda5) configuration, I would prefer that it goes
straight to the Win98 partition, avoiding the LILO or GAG boot managers. Is that
possible?
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