[ale] Changing default boot OS in LILO

Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at tc.net> Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at tc.net>
Thu May 27 09:34:13 EDT 1999


default is whichever comes first in lilo.conf

in your cited lilo.conf, the first boot entry starts with image, so it
will default to boot linux. the second boot entry starts with 'other'

Those lines before these two entries are general/global section.

Jerry Yu
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On Thu, 27 May 1999 jeff_hubbs at mcgraw-hill.com wrote:

#
#
#I looked through various HOWTOs and READMEs but I didn't find the answer to this
#question:
#
#Ona dual-boot Linux/Win95 machine, how do I change LILO's default boot OS (i.e.,
#the one that boots when the LILO prompt times out) from Linux to Windows?
#
#BEFORE YOU FLAME ME, consider that since Win95 will probably crash a lot more
#often that Linux, it would be nice if, when Win95 is up, it rebooted back to
#Win95 without human intervention.  See my logic?  ;-)
#
#Here is what my lilo.conf looks like:
#
#boot=/dev/hda
#map=/boot/map
#install=/boot/boot.b
#prompt
#timeout=50
#image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
# label=linux
# root=/dev/hda8
# read-only
#other=/dev/hda1
# label=win
# table=/dev/hda
#
#
#Thanks,
#- Jeff
#
#






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