Can't remember lilo.conf
Bob McClure Jr
robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 3 15:05:48 UTC 2004
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 03:50:50PM +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> >On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 10:59:22AM +0100, Stuart Sears wrote:
> >
> >>Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> >><snip>
> >>-
> >>
> >>>In the top part, before the first "image=" line, there should be a
> >>>line "default=_____". The "_____" should be one of the "label=xxx"
> >>>values in the following stanzas. In your case, it should read
> >>>
> >>>default=win98
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Oh, and in case you weren't aware of this...
> >>if you change lilo.conf do _not_ forget to run /sbin/lilo -v again
> >>before your next boot, or your changes will probably be ignored.
> >>
> >>Stuart
> >
> >
> >Thanks, Stuart. I forgot to mention that.
> >
> >Cheers,
> no worries. It's precisely for that reason (among others, so not that
> precisely then) that I switched over to using grub...
>
> Stuart
Well, I never had a problem remembering to run lilo. I was dragged,
kicking and screaming, into using GRUB because LILO was deprecated and
fading. I've still not learned GRUB to my satisfaction. My own
danged fault, though.
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure at earthlink.net http://www.bobcatos.com
God has a big eraser.
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