From: sweh.womble@spuddy.UUCP (Stephen Harris) Subject: How to Uninstall LILO -o How to boot D Date: Sat, 08 May 1993 14:51:52 GMT
In article <1993May7.031149.9952@grace.rt.cs.boeing.com> paula@atc.boeing.com writes:
> I'm sure Lilo is wonderful stuff, but any software I ever produce for
> Linux will come with documentation that you can read without
> infrastructure any more massive than the more(1) command. (I suppose
It does (or did anyway!).
However, the sort of entry you want in as a config file is:
boot=/dev/hda2
install=/etc/lilo/boot.b
compact
delay=50
other=/dev/hda1
table=/dev/hda
label=DOS
image=/vmlinux
label=linux
root=/dev/hda2
vga=normal
Call this /etc/lilo/config, then install with "lilo -C config"
This will install lilo on /dev/hda2, instead of the MBR, so making partition
2 active will use lilo. I prefer this to installing on /dev/hda because
removing lilo is then as simple as changing the active partition back to
the DOS partition.
This setup will boot DOS by default, with a linux option and a 5 second
delay to give you time to press SHIFT and get the LILO menu).
Hope this helps.
Stephen Harris
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