At 07:22 PM 10/6/1998 -0400, Adrian Gudas wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>Hope this wasn't two much, or too little, hand-holding.
>No, no, thanks a lot -- you solved a lot of problems for me.
>This is so much better than Windows tech support. (I like to call them and
>mess with their heads. "Can I talk to Mr. Gates?" "No, sir...")
>
>Could you clarify another couple things:
>1. Does fips work with FAT32? I have it, but I've been too scared to use
>it.
>2. How does lilo work? (Any complications I need to know about...?)
>
>Again, thanks SO much (for your help and everyone else's)...
>Adrian
Let me preface this by saying that I'm fairly new to Linux/Unix, so take
what I say with a grain of salt.
1) I've never used fips, so I can't speak to it. Perhaps someone else on
the list can help with this one.
2) lilo is basically a 2-step process. You create/edit the /etc/lilo.conf
file, and then you run lilo to setup the boot record according to the
instructions in that file. The liloconfig program will help you create the
/etc/lilo.conf file, but like I say, I don't believe it will automatically
put in the stuff you need for your DOS partition, so you'll probably need
to edit it (using vi, or ae, or emacs, or whatever suits you). Here's what
my current /etc/lilo.conf looks like:
boot=/dev/hda2
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
compact
prompt
timeout=100
vga=normal
delay=20
#Linux
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
If I had a DOS partition, it'd have another stanze (like the "#Linux" and
following lines) that looks something like this (BUT THIS IS NOT ACCURATE!!
it's a rough memory I have):
#DOG/Winblows partition
other=DOS/Windows
label=DOS
root=/dev/hda1
read/write
I've got a couple of Linux books that I don't have in front of me; if I
did, I'd give you a more realistic example. I'm sure there's lots of
examples on the web; if you don't find one that helps you understand
enough, holler back and I'll do a little more research.
One piece of info you may not come across very easily is that you can setup
your lilo.conf file to display a message like:
Please press 1 or 2 and then press <ENTER>:
1) DOS/Windows
2) A real OS (Linux)
and then wait for the user to make a choice. You'd put the "menu" text in a
file (say "message" in the /boot directory and then put a line in
/etc/lilo.conf like:
message=/boot/message
Then you have to add a line to the lilo.conf file that displays the message
without waiting for the user to press Shift, but I don't recall off the top
of my head what that line is. You can also specify to wait 5 seconds, 10s,
or forever, or whatever before taking the default, which I believe is the
first stanza found in the file.
After you have the file the way you want it, just run lilo and the boot
record will be set up accordingly.
Kent
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