Dual Boot

[Dale Alton]

I do not have /etc/lilo.conf. I would loike to be able to put it on but
don't know how.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: Dual Boot


> If you can type ./sbin/lilo and get a screen full of information about how
> lilo works, then your lilo is installed. What's missing is its
> configuration file which goes in /etc and is called lilo.conf, which is
> why we refer to it as /etc/lilo.conf. Do you have this file? Why not send
> it along here so we can take a look at it for you?
>
> Also, what partition on your computer has Windows, and what partition has
> linux?
>
>
>  On Sun, 2 Sep 2001,
> Dale Alton wrote:
>
> > I looked there but it was not there. I guess I need to install it but
don't
> > know how. I have tried reading the manual for lilo but I guess I didn't
> > understand it. If I understood it correctly I needed to type in
> > /sbin/lilo -i to install it. I tried it but it just told me what
perimeters
> > I was able to use with it. Thank you for the help.
> > Dale
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 2:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: Dual Boot
> >
> >
> > > Look at /etc/lilo.conf.
> > >
> > > Actually, anytime you have a question like this, odds are the answers
are
> > > in /etc because that's where most of the configuration files live.
And,
> > > they're all text files, so you can tweak them in your favorite editor.
> > >
> > > I've attached my lilo.conf to give you some ideas. Don't just copy
mine,
> > > though. Be sure you keep that bootable floppy handy, too, just in
case.
> > >  On
> > > Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Dale Alton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I am currently booting into Debian with a boot disk but would rather
> > have a dual boot machine. I don't know where to go to make these
changes. I
> > have some info to make this change. I guess I need to know where to make
the
> > change for lilo to do its thing.. I have gone looking for lilo but
haven't
> > found it. Oh kay I admit it I haven't looked really hard. Is this where
I
> > would tell it to boot from the hard drive and if not where would I
change
> > that? Another thing is I would like to know where I might be able to get
the
> > Linux cookbook. Thank you fore the help.
> > > > Dale
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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