Lilo.conf having no effect in 9.2

Boffy · 07-18-2004, 06:20 AM

Is there any way to modify lilo's settings in mandrake 9.2. I try to modify /etc/lilo.conf (contents below) but nothing i do to it changes anything on the boot up screen. How do I make it work?

Boffy

Lilo.conf file:

Code:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default="windows"
keytable=/boot/uk.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hda
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hda6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7 splash=silent"
	vga=788
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="minilinux"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7 splash=silent"
	vga=788
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-nonfb"
	root=/dev/hda6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hda6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7 failsafe"
	read-only
other=/dev/fd0
	label="floppy"
	unsafe

mdg · 07-18-2004, 06:56 AM

Run "lilo -v" as root in a console after you're done editing the file.

Boffy · 07-19-2004, 08:00 AM

Thanks, I had modified lilo before so i should have known that.

arno · 07-19-2004, 08:29 AM

after you are finished editing the lilo.conf file, you must run the lilo command (or /sbin/lilo if /sbin isn't in your path) to rewrite the changes, or they will have no effect.