Tim Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everyone, > > sorry if this is a bit of a saga but please bear with me. > > [snip] > > Can anybody suggest a way to get back Win98 on /dev/hda1 and, more to > the point, suggest a way to be able to boot /dev/ha1, /dev/hda5 and > /dev/hda2?
Apart from `man lilo` and `zless /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz` (or similar) you mean ;-)? Boot into debian (I don't know RH, that's why) from a floppy and change /etc/lilo.conf to read along the following lines: boot=/dev/hda delay=20 default=Win98 image=/vmlinuz label=Debian root=/dev/hda2 image=/vmlinuz label=RedHat root=/dev/hda5 other=/dev/hda1 label=Win98 You probably don't want to touch what is already there and replace /vmlinuz with the appropriate value for your RedHat system. If all that's done, run `/sbin/lilo -t` to see if the config file is OK and then `/sbin/lilo -s`. You're done. When rebooting you have 2 seconds (20 deciseconds) at the LILO prompt to hit a shift, ctrl or alt key. Hit the tab key to get a list of options or just enter one of the labels you stuck in /etc/lilo.conf. That should get you booted into what you want, barring major goofs from me. Hope that helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development