Re: [COMP] LILO Boot Loader

>  I've been having a lovely time with LILO.
>
> Is there a way to make LILO load Windows off /dev/hda1 instead of loading
> RedHat off /dev/hda5 ?? I've tried setting it in the settings to no avail
> and it gets annoying to type dos in the loader whenever I want to load
> windows (not for me, for other people in the family).
>
> Help would be appreciated :).

Hmm.  Do you mean change the default OS?  The first one listed in
/etc/lilo.conf is the default.  You can also set the time in miliseconds
that LILO waits before booting with the 'timeout' variable.

If you want, you can skip the whole menu thing by eliminating the 'prompt'
directive altogether.  You'll briefly get a "LILO" prompt, but not really a
prompt, until you hit Shift.  You then type in your image name to boot
differently than the default.

Either way, modify /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo again to reinstall it.

John




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