Bill, that was a very nice tip. Thanks a lot for it, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <bharding@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:11 AM Subject: Lilo, and remote rebooting a system that boots windows by default back to linux > How do I make it, so if I connect to my system from somewhere else, > (probably will some day when I get dsl to use it to connect to the > Internet) How can I reboot the system such that it won't reboot to windows, > and reboot to linux instead. Is there a reboot command that will tell lilo > what to boot next time the system reboots? I have no tool in windows to > connect to my system, (that's for NT and costs lots) so telneting in to a > windows system isn't feasible. I have debian 2.2 on the system, on one > large partition, as I figured with 256 megs of ram swap wasn't needed, > although one could make a swap file if needed. I have lilo on the mbr, and > it boots windows immediately if I don't hold shift while it's booting > (everyone else in my family uses windows, and don't know about how lilo > works). Is the password keyword the best to use for this, so I could dial > in and enter a password so I'm the only one who can control what the system > boots to? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
