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i have a pc with 2 HD on it ,primary HD consist of two partition (hda1 and hda2) hda1 is running win98os while hda2 running RH 7.2 . Primary slave consist of 2 partition also hdb1 (winme) and hdb2 none ... when i installed the RH7.2 the default set of the lilo boot loader is on hda1 and hda2. So when i boot my pc lilo prompt me to choose what os i will but when i choose windows it direct me to win98 (hda1). How can i set my lilo to set my windowsme as the second default o.s.? what is the command or file to be editted
Yes, the file you need to edit/make changes is in lilo.conf. At the very bottom, do you see a "other" line? For example,
mine shows:
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# read-only
Uncomment those lines.
1. Change other to point to your winme partition which would be: /dev/hdb1
2. Change label=WinME
After making the changes, you need to make it into affect so you will need to run 'lilo' afterwards. Now when you boot
up, you should see an option called WinME and upon clicking it, it would load WinME os for you. If that STILL doesn't
work, something else is messed up in your config file. Please paste it for us to see. Thanks and good luck.
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