Changing the default boot (OS) in LILO ?

[talbot at midsouth.rr.com (Geoffrey Sadler)]

add the line,
default=Win, if you want to boot to windows
default=Linux

All you are doing is specifying the label directive to boot.
You also may want to add
delay=20
So you can interrupt and select a different os.






-----Original Message-----
From: owner-discuss at blu.org [mailto:owner-discuss at blu.org]On Behalf Of
Jerry Feldman
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 5:19 AM
To: discuss at blu.org
Subject: Re: Changing the default boot (OS) in LILO ?


I use SuSE 6.4 on my desktop and 7.1 on my laptop. My desktop machine is
dual booted to Windows Me with no problem. My LILO.conf appears below. You
can also set it up via Yast. I use YaST1 for this. JUst go to system admin/
Kermel and boot configuration/LILO configuration. This will update your
lilo.conf. I generally edit the lilo.conf manually because I have several
different kernels set up, so cut and paste in vi is simpler. You should be
able to do this in YaST2 also. I just find YaST1 to be faster.
initrd=/boot/initrd
boot=/dev/hda
compact
vga=normal
read-only
prompt
timeout=100
# End LILO global Section
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/hda5
  label = Linux

#
other = /dev/hda1
  label = Win
  table = /dev/hda

Vince McHugh wrote:

>         I recently switched my work laptop from a Dual Boot using Redhat7
& W
> indows ME to a Dual Boot using SuSe 7.1 & Windows ME. I need some help in
rec
> onfiguring LILO to default to the windows boot ( I know, but I still need
to
> use Windows for work). I believe I did this in Redhat using linuxconf,
which
> SuSe seems to know nothing about. I did try to edit lilo.conf but that did
no
> t seem to work either. Any and all advice is welcome.

>             Regards,       Vince McHughSystems Support Manager
NECS\Cano
> n
>
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org


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