No boot loader-just linux please!

Braveheart1980 · 06-24-2004, 05:43 PM

I made my big desicion. No more MS Windows for me!I am gonna erase that partition(winXP)! I wanna remove my boot loader (lilo) so that whenever i start my pc it starts linux! How do i do that?

david_ross · 06-24-2004, 05:51 PM

You need your bootloader to boot linux but you can reduce the timeout value in lilo.conf then reinstall lilo by running "lilo".

avarus · 06-24-2004, 05:54 PM

It is possible to remove the bootloader completely, but that is not what you want to do (trust me!).

Just edit /etc/lilo.conf, set the default to the correct boot option and the delay to 1. Comment out any lines which make lilo look pretty (bitmaps etc.) and run the /sbin/lilo command to commit the changes.

Now your system will boot straight to Linux without delay.

TIM

Braveheart1980 · 06-24-2004, 05:56 PM

So i can put the time to 0 (zero) ?? Will it then boot automaticaly linux?

avarus · 06-24-2004, 06:46 PM

Nope - that will make it wait forever! Set time to 1 (ie 0.1 second), and if you disable the graphical cruft you won't even see the bootloader.

TIM

Braveheart1980 · 06-25-2004, 12:00 AM

Ok.Thanx guys!!

Cerbere · 06-25-2004, 12:36 AM

Setting 'timeout=0' or commenting it out will only make the computer wait forever if you leave in the 'prompt' line. If you comment out 'prompt' and 'delay=#', then it will boot immediately, no matter what value is set in 'timeout=#'.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

Braveheart1980 · 06-25-2004, 02:00 AM

That's what i wanted! Thanx Cerbere!