help with orientation to thinkpad t23

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Cheryl:

I use lilo as a boot loader.

I've attached my lilo.conf so you can get a sense of how I use it.

Briefly, I have two Ctrl-G's in my /boot/message file in order to get two 
clear beeps from the system speaker when lilo starts. In case I have a 
serial synth connected, I also have the serial= line in my lilo.conf too.

Because I still eval some Windows things, I have a win98se installation on 
/dev/hda3 which I happily backup using dd.

Notice the aliases below for booting different external synths. It all 
just depends! <grin>

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
compact
prompt
timeout=500
message=/boot/message
lba32
default=current
serial=0,9600N8

image=/boot/vmlinuz25
label = zenith
alias = z
vga=0X317
#initrd=/boot/initrd.img-25
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image=/boot/vmlinuz-new
label = new
alias = n
vga=0X317
#initrd=/boot/initrd.img-new
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=current
alias = c
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=express
alias = x
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "speakup_synth=dectlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=litetalk
alias = l
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "speakup_synth=ltlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=bns
alias = b
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "speakup_synth=bns hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label=transport
alias=t
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
vga=0X317
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda1
	append="speakup_synth=txprt speakup_ser=0 hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=vmware
alias = v
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1

image = /boot/vmlinuz-previous
label=previous
alias = p
vga=0X317
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-previous
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi"

other=/dev/hda3
optional
label=dos
 
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote:

> Hi everybody; thanks for the help!
> I'm interested to know if most of you that have laptops have gotten rid of
> windows or repartitioned and put linux on.
> also, does anybody know whether I can boot from floppy if i put it in or if I'll
> have to get somebody to get into the bios first?
> Hey, I love adventures!!!
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
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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

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