[5314] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Red Hat 4.0 Intel installation!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kirill Shtengel)
Wed Nov 20 16:05:43 1996
From: "Kirill Shtengel" <kirill@ucla.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 13:01:19 +0000
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> > I'm having a problem trying to have my machine be able to switch
> > bootups between DOS and Linux. I've installed LILO but the machine
> > keeps booting up DOS instead of Linux. I've already checked the file
> > /etc/lilo.conf and the code points LILO to bootup with Linux but the
> > machine just will not do it! HELP!
> >
> >
> > (The /etc/lilo.conf file)
> > boot=/dev/sda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > timeout=50
> > default=linux
> > other=/dev/hda1
> > label=dos
> > table=/dev/hda
> > image=/boot/vmlinux
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/sda1
> > initrd=/boot/initrd
> > readonly
> >
Have you tryed typing "linux" in the lilo prompt?
I had a similar experience until I rearranged lilo.conf
by putting the linux part first. It seems that lilo automatically
boots the first mentioned OS which is DOS in your case.
Cheers,
Kirill
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