RH 7.3 & Lilo

dominique · 06-30-2002, 03:35 PM

I upgraded to Red Hat 7.3 from 7.1, now Linux is the default OS in Lilo. How do I change it back to Windows?

trickykid · 06-30-2002, 04:40 PM

edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and change the default to the image of your windows image.. usually referred to as DOS.

dominique · 06-30-2002, 08:33 PM

I tried that already, it doesn't work.

This is the contents of my lilo.conf file:

Code:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=DOS

other=/dev/hda1
	optional
	label=windows

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3
	label=linux.bak
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hdb5
	append="hdd=ide-scsi"

other=/dev/hda1
	optional
	label=DOS

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-5
	label=linux
	root=/dev/hdb5
	append="hdd=ide-scsi"
	read-only
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-5.img

What is wrong with it?

trickykid · 06-30-2002, 08:38 PM

are you running lilo after making changes..

/sbin/lilo

dominique · 07-02-2002, 06:45 PM

Ahh, the missing link. Thank you, it worked.