Dual boot Redhat 7.2 and Win2k
I have a 800Mhz PIII with 256Mb RAM and a 20gig HD that I have partitioned in half and installed Win2k on the first half and Redhat 7.2 on the second. During the Linux installation, I loaded the Lilo to the MBR. I know I was warned against this, but it worked and I can now dual boot my system. The only thing that I don't like, is that the boot loader is now Redhat and I am given two options. One of booting into Win2k labeled as "DOS" and Linux. I want to change the label on Win2k from DOS to Win2k but don't know how to go about it. I looked at the boot.ini file and it was not written there. I then booted into Linux and looked at the lilo.conf file and changed the wording from DOS to Win2k but it had no effect. Maybe I should just leave it alone if it works. Any thoughts?
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don't lean on me man if you can't afford the the ticket back in salt lake city
as root, edit /etc/lilo.conf change the relevant "label=" line and then run 'lilo' again. easy peasy! :D
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I did this already with no effect. Are the any other files that I need to edit? I am new to Linux and have a total of one day experience under my belt. I can't even get onto the internet in Linux yet. I guess that I am just messing around with stuff that I know nothing about but computers amaze me and I want to learn more.
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stop. hammer time!
without souding nasty, if it didn't make any difference, you've not done it right. you did actually run 'lilo' as root after you edited the file yeah? i don' men rebooting. lilo is an exectuable program that will update your changes.
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OK here is what I did. I logged on as root. I went to /ect/lilo.conf right clicked the file and went to gedit. I made the changes and then saved the file. Then rebooted. What am I missing?
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You have to run the program lilo after you save the file. This will make you changes take effect. Next, reboot and you should see win2k as an option.
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You will have to excuse me if I don't use the proper terminology. I now have two days of Linux under my belt and still fell dumb as a box of rocks. In Windows I can do almost everything and am a legend in my own mind. This is what my lilo file looks like:
prompt timeout=50 default=DOS boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/message lba32 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 label=Linux initrd=/boot/intrd-2.4.7-10.img read-only root=/dev/hde2 append="hdd=ide-scsi" other=/dev/hde1 optional label=Winnt Now when I ran this from the terminal window, this is what I got: [root@CT73246-C root]# lilo Added Winnt Added Linux Fatal: No images have been defined. [root@CT73246-C root]# It still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong. Signed frustrated! |
Try changing this line default=DOS to either default=Linux or default=Winnt. Then run lilo again.
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That worked. Thank you very much.
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You're welcome. :)
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