Re: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-08 Thread Raven Nock-my-bow
Heya -- >> This is exactly your problem. After editing the lilo.conf, you >> have to run /sbin/lilo to copy your changes into the master boot >> record. > > hey.. now that IU'm actually thinking about this.. how do you do the > same thing with grub? I believe that you make your config

Re: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread Tessa
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Raven, popcorn ninja wrote: > This is exactly your problem. After editing the lilo.conf, you > have to run /sbin/lilo to copy your changes into the master boot > record. (The MBR itself is what gets read at boot. So if you don't do hey.. now that IU'm actually thinking

Re: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread Elaine Poulsen
After making your changes to the conf file, run the command lilo and then make sure it doesn't report any errors. Your changes should now be live. -elainerd A Kozic wrote: > > I've got my laptop set to dual boot RedHat & Win98, with linux as the > default. My boyfriend uses the computer to play

Re: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread David Merrill
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 11:30:41AM -0500, A Kozic wrote: > I've got my laptop set to dual boot RedHat & Win98, with linux as the > default. My boyfriend uses the computer to play windows-specific games, > and very frequently he isn't paying attention to the computer when it > boots, so it goes int

Re: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread Raven, popcorn ninja
Heya -- > I have tried editing the lilo.conf file, but it doesn't seem to be > acknowledging my changes. This is exactly your problem. After editing the lilo.conf, you have to run /sbin/lilo to copy your changes into the master boot record. (The MBR itself is what gets read at boot. So if

RE: [techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread Angela Nash
Did you rerun lilo to implement the changes before rebooting? Jason -Original Message- From: A Kozic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [techtalk] LILO problems I've got my laptop set to dual boot RedHat & Wi

[techtalk] LILO problems

2001-03-07 Thread A Kozic
I've got my laptop set to dual boot RedHat & Win98, with linux as the default. My boyfriend uses the computer to play windows-specific games, and very frequently he isn't paying attention to the computer when it boots, so it goes into linux. This is a real pain for him, and a few times he's turned