On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 12:35:28AM -0400, Tom Diehl wrote:

RTFM sure but it doesn't always help. I tried this with RedHat 4.2 and it
would not work. I got the same OS as default no matter which way arround I
had them ! With RedHat 5.0 it works perfectly so I guess there is a bugged
lilo arround somewhere (possibly the one that shipped with RH 4.2 ?)

Pat

> On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, John Waalkes wrote:
> 
> > ISA wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi there!
> >  
> > > Question:
> > > How can I tell LILO to default to windows 95 instead of Linux? (ie
> > > typing linux to load it
> > > and <enter> to load win95)
> > 
> > Now that you've got how set the default once you've installed Linux
> > covered, here's how to do it during your next installation:
> > 
> > Hit 'F2' at the lilo configure screen. 
> > 
> > This one got me too. :)
> 
> Huh??
> 
> Put the entry for windoze first in /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo
> The first entry in the lilo.conf file is the default. 
> It is in the man pg. (try man 5 lilo.conf). In other words RTFM!!
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> ......Tom   "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]    for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."
> 
>   Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
> 
> 
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