lilo and ethernet card

poeta_boy · 12-05-2003, 12:27 AM

Hello:

I just installed Mandrake 9,2 and erased all windows.......... so that's why I don't need lilo, how to erase it?

also, when I start my comp, it always does probes about my ethernet card (but I never use it) and it takes just too long, how to tell my system to overpass that?

thanks

ganja_guru · 12-05-2003, 01:50 AM

i figure that fedora has a config services like red hat does..see if u can turn off eth there...see in the system or settings menu..

jayakrishnan · 12-05-2003, 04:37 AM

type lilo -u to uninstall lilo

why dont u just configure ur NIC

Skyline · 12-05-2003, 10:14 AM

Quote:

also, when I start my comp, it always does probes about my ethernet card (but I never use it) and it takes just too long, how to tell my system to overpass that?

As Root user:

chkconfig network off

to check it first

/etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop

poeta_boy · 12-05-2003, 10:37 AM

HI

I just did:

lilo -u

restarted......... now I don't have a loader, have to reinstall all over again.

Actually I'm not pissed, not even a little mad....... it has happened to me a lot of times, just one more thing to learn from.... but I keep the question

How to load Linux DIRECTLY without lilo or a menu to choose from?

Skyline · 12-05-2003, 10:55 AM

You'd typically use a bootloader of some sort - however - you can change the timeout settings and default settings in LILO so Linux automatically boots after say 1 second of the lilo menu coming up..

poeta_boy · 12-05-2003, 10:59 AM

thanks I had done that but I though I could just load it directly (reminicence of a ex M$ slave) I just managed to just reinstall lilo.

Thanks a lot