Lilo walkthrough

Balkman · 05-04-2004, 09:58 AM

It seems many people are having trouble with lilo (me being one of them). I always says i have an error when i try to install it. Could someone be kind enough to make a "walk through for dummies" on how to correctly install lilo?

thanks

sigma957 · 05-04-2004, 10:20 AM

Well, the error you're getting would be helpful, but...

You can run from a command prompt "liloconfig". The simple choice didn't install my XP partition. I prefer the expert mode.

You have to find your root Linux partition, and give it a name (no spaces). Then go to the Windows selection and have it find the partition and give it a name. That's the basics.

I'm at work, so I don't have access to linux right now.

ringwraith · 05-04-2004, 10:42 PM

I always run liloconfig in simple and install to mbr. Then afterward I edit /etc/lilo.conf and add my windows partition

other = /dev/hda1
label = WindowsXP

then run lilo

Balkman · 05-05-2004, 10:36 AM

thanks for the replies... i finally fixed the problem, it was that i was partitioning my drive incorrectly, therefore it wasn't installing Lilo. I learned how to use fdisk instead of using the cfdisk and it worked.

EThitop · 05-08-2004, 04:56 PM

Lilo makes little to no sense to me, once it is configured does it have a nice GUI or what? I have read about alternatives that do.

caged · 05-09-2004, 11:55 AM

yes there is a GUI for LiLo if you want to use it.
i prefer to use text-mode grub.

slakmagik · 05-09-2004, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EThitop
Lilo makes little to no sense to me, once it is configured does it have a nice GUI or what? I have read about alternatives that do.

A nice GUI? It's a bootloader. If you don't make it give you a prompt, it's invisible. If you do, it's a command line to specify a system. If you insist, you can have a menu to select a system. A GUI is just a waste of pixels. Like painting a sparkplug or something.

caged · 05-10-2004, 11:52 PM

how did using fdisk rather than cfdisk help you install the boot loader?

Ring Wrath:

Code:

....other = /dev/hda1
....label = WindowsXP

dunno if its just different versions of Lilo but in my lilo.conf file i had to add an image definition as well.

Code:

image = /dev/hda1
  other = /dev/hda1 
  lable = NTFS

have fun.
ben

EThitop · 05-11-2004, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digiot
A nice GUI? It's a bootloader. If you don't make it give you a prompt, it's invisible. If you do, it's a command line to specify a system. If you insist, you can have a menu to select a system. A GUI is just a waste of pixels. Like painting a sparkplug or something.

Yes, it is nothing but a bootloader. I like everything to look as professional as I can make it. One of the beauties of Linux is that everything is more or less customizable, and that's what I like about it. A GUI is not a waste of pixels, how can you waste pixels? I just prefer a GUI for a bootloader so I can further impress others who use Windows, and are possibly thinking of dual booting their machines. It also simply looks more professional.