[ale] Changing default boot OS in LILO

Jim Kinney jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Thu May 27 09:29:45 EDT 1999


The default boot OS is the first one listed in lilo.conf. Reorder and it
will do what you need.

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

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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