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so you don't have lilo too?<br>
get it (e.g. at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.freshmeat.net">www.freshmeat.net</a>) and install<br>
then you'll have lilo.conf<br>
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<pre wrap="">I do not have /etc/lilo.conf. I would loike to be able to put it on but<br>don't know how.<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Janina Sajka" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:janina@afb.net"><janina@afb.net></a><br>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:speakup@braille.uwo.ca"><speakup@braille.uwo.ca></a><br>Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:09 AM<br>Subject: Re: Dual Boot<br><br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">If you can type ./sbin/lilo and get a screen full of information about how<br>lilo works, then your lilo is installed. What's missing is its<br>configuration file which goes in /etc and is called lilo.conf, which is<br>why we refer to it as /etc/lilo.conf. Do you have this file? Why not send<br>it along here so we can take a look at it for you?<br><br>Also, what partition on your computer has Windows, and what partition has<br>linux?<br><br><br> On Sun, 2 Sep 2001,<br>Dale Alton wrote:<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I looked there but it was not there. I guess I need to install it but<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">know how. I have tried reading the manual for lilo but I guess I didn't<br>understand it. If I understood it correctly I needed to type in<br>/sbin/lilo -i to install it. I tried it but it just told me what<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I was able to use with it. Thank you for the help.<br>Dale<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Janina Sajka" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:janina@afb.net"><janina@afb.net></a><br>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:speakup@braille.uwo.ca"><speakup@braille.uwo.ca></a><br>Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 2:13 PM<br>Subject: Re: Dual Boot<br><br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Look at /etc/lilo.conf.<br><br>Actually, anytime you have a question like this, odds are the answers<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">they're all text files, so you can tweak them in your favorite editor.<br><br>I've attached my lilo.conf to give you some ideas. Don't just copy<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">though. Be sure you keep that bootable floppy handy, too, just in<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,<br>I am currently booting into Debian with a boot disk but would rather<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">have a dual boot machine. I don't know where to go to make these<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">change for lilo to do its thing.. I have gone looking for lilo but<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">that? Another thing is I would like to know where I might be able to get<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Linux cookbook. Thank you fore the help.<br></pre>
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