Edit files help
 

I am ver sorry for this question ...i really am...
I am a noob to linux so pls dont come yelling at me ok?
I installed the slackware 9.1 on a partition of itself...
But lilo refuses to show the option to boot windows at the start up
I got the following code to edit in one of the forums:

/etc/lilo.config
other=/dev/hda
label=windows
table=/dev/hda1

First question

Is this code right?

Second question(dont laugh)

How do i do to edit the liloconfig file?
I mean a litle simple step by step thing

I guess that question expands to files that are not lilo as well.

I'm really trying to avoid microsoft so pls help me
Thank you

You use an editor. Any editor will do.

I prefer Emacs. Just start console(terminal) and type:

su
<your root password here>
find / -name lilo.conf

This will produce a result in form like: /boot/lilo.conf

Then all you have to do is :

emacs /boot/lilo.conf (or the path you will get from the find command)

This should open the file in emacs.

Just edit it the way you want.

When you are finished:

press CTRL+X+S (this saves the file, hold CTRL, press X, then press S)
press CTRL+X+C (this closes emacs, hold CTRL, press X, then press C)

This should do the trick.
I don't really know how lilo works, as I am using GRUB, but running lilo should do it, I think.

In console type:

lilo

That should do the trick.

Reboot. Good luck :)

Peace!

Here is an example of lilo.conf
There are many text editors, the easiest one is probably pico (or nano -- modern version).