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Having win98 installed, I did: - repartition my harddisk to have both the c: partition and an ext2 partition for linux. - installed linux with lilo as bootloader - changed the file /etc/lilo.conf (there's a commented out part that allows you to boot another system, like windows, you just have to know the linux name for the partition it is on. For me that's /dev/hda1 (i.e. the first (1) partition on the master harddisk on the first IDE controller (a), the seconday master is called c) - run lilo to activate the changes in the lilo.conf I have attached my lilo.conf. It's configured to start windows automatically after a 2 seconds timeout. My harddisk (according to linux) has the following structure: hda: hda1 hda2 < hda5 ... hda9 > hda3 hda4 In my case the hda1-4 numbering is chronological (creation time), so is the hda5-9. hda1 is my primary windows partition hda2 is an extended windows partition consisting of logical partitions 5-9. hda3 is my linux ext2 partition hda4 is the linux swap partition Hope this helps. Regards, André.
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', # --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # | !! Reminder !! | # | | # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this | # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The | # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image | # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. | # | | # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 #specify reboot method: warm, bios # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. # boot=/dev/hda # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') # root=/dev/hda3 # Enable map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default # because it doesn't always work. # # compact # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector # install=/boot/boot.b # Specifies the location of the map file # map=/boot/map # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append' # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a # standard default boot will not require one. # # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh', # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization. # # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'. # # password=tatercounter2000 # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should # wait before booting the first image. # delay=20 # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'. # # message=/boot/bootmess.txt # prompt # single-key # delay=100 # timeout=100 # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>) # # vga=ask # vga=9 # vga=normal # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # # append="" # Boot up Linux by default. # default=[W]indows image=/vmlinuz label = Generic Kernel vga = 1 read-only image=/boot/new2 label = Linux2217 read-only vga = 1 image=/boot/linux244 label = [L]inux244 read-only append="video=riva:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" # vga = ask single-key alias = l other=/dev/hda1 label=[W]indows alias = w single-key #image=/vmlinuz.old # label=LinuxOLD # read-only # optional # restricted # alias=2 # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to # where your other OS' partition is. # # other=/dev/hda4 # label=HURD # restricted # alias=3
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