I don't like the LILO label

vijayaramanl · 10-22-2003, 09:36 AM

Hi,

I don't like the label that is appearing in LILO when I start the system. It is crude as "linux", "linux-fb", "windows", "floppy" etc.

I want to change this to something like:
Mandrake Linux 9.2 RC2
Windows XP Home
Floppy Linux boot
etc.

How can I do this? When I enter like this lilo.conf the system complains I cannot have a space, which means I can enter
MandrakeLinux92RC - I don't like this either.

Any ideas?

Secondly, what is linux-fb boot?

Thanks for your time.

djbanaan · 10-22-2003, 09:41 AM

Open the file /etc/lilo.conf in a text editor and find the lines that say "Label = " and change the label to your likings. After that run /sbin/lilo. Now when you reboot you'll have your shiny new labels. Editing and command execution as root, of course.

jkobrien · 10-22-2003, 09:42 AM

Try using underscores instead of spaces. I did this once with RH and they appeared as spaces at login.

Don't know what fb is. Maybe fall-back?

djbanaan · 10-22-2003, 09:45 AM

Damn, didn't read all the way through, sorry bout that.

vijayaramanl · 10-22-2003, 05:28 PM

Hi djbanaan

No problem

. It happens to me all the time.

jkobrien - I will try your suggestion. So, that means all LILO people are satisfied with the crude labels. Hmmm, why I am not???

DMR · 10-22-2003, 06:00 PM

You could alway use Grub as your bootloader; it's more powerful than lilo, and it does allow spaces in the labels.