Dual Boot

[Jack Angel]

so you don't have lilo too?
get it (e.g. at www.freshmeat.net) and install
then you'll have lilo.conf

Dale Alton wrote:

>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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>>>>
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>>>>Technology Research and Development
>>>>Governmental Relations Group
>>>>American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>>>>
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>>Janina Sajka, Director
>>Technology Research and Development
>>Governmental Relations Group
>>American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>>
>>Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>>
>>Chair, Accessibility SIG
>>Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
>>http://www.openebook.org
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>>Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
>>Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp
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>>King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
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