Changing the default boot (OS) in LILO ?

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Thu Apr 19 06:18:36 EDT 2001


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 
>  
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org


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