Re: Can't remember lilo.conf

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 06:33:52PM -0700, gerry nix wrote:
> Hello Friends,
> ?
> Win 98 dual boot with Red Hat 8. Have to change the conf for
> Windoze to be the default OS at boot for a friend.. don't want to
> "blow it" :-) How do I make the change?
> ?
> lilo.conf looks like this at present
> ?
> prompt
> timeout=50
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> message=/boot/message
> linear
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
> ?? label=2.4.18.18-14
> ?? initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
> ?? read-only
> ?? append="root=LABEL=/"
> ?
> other=/dev/hda1
> ?? optional
> ?? label=win98
> ?
> MTIA,
> Nix

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,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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