Re: Can't remember lilo.conf

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

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 earthlink net  http://www.bobcatos.com
God has a big eraser.