I do not have /etc/lilo.conf. I would loike to be able to put it on but don't know how. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:09 AM Subject: Re: Dual Boot > If you can type ./sbin/lilo and get a screen full of information about how > lilo works, then your lilo is installed. What's missing is its > configuration file which goes in /etc and is called lilo.conf, which is > why we refer to it as /etc/lilo.conf. Do you have this file? Why not send > it along here so we can take a look at it for you? > > Also, what partition on your computer has Windows, and what partition has > linux? > > > On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, > Dale Alton wrote: > > > I looked there but it was not there. I guess I need to install it but don't > > know how. I have tried reading the manual for lilo but I guess I didn't > > understand it. If I understood it correctly I needed to type in > > /sbin/lilo -i to install it. I tried it but it just told me what perimeters > > I was able to use with it. Thank you for the help. > > Dale > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 2:13 PM > > Subject: Re: Dual Boot > > > > > > > Look at /etc/lilo.conf. > > > > > > Actually, anytime you have a question like this, odds are the answers are > > > in /etc because that's where most of the configuration files live. And, > > > they're all text files, so you can tweak them in your favorite editor. > > > > > > I've attached my lilo.conf to give you some ideas. Don't just copy mine, > > > though. Be sure you keep that bootable floppy handy, too, just in case. > > > On > > > Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Dale Alton wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am currently booting into Debian with a boot disk but would rather > > have a dual boot machine. I don't know where to go to make these changes. I > > have some info to make this change. I guess I need to know where to make the > > change for lilo to do its thing.. I have gone looking for lilo but haven't > > found it. Oh kay I admit it I haven't looked really hard. Is this where I > > would tell it to boot from the hard drive and if not where would I change > > that? Another thing is I would like to know where I might be able to get the > > Linux cookbook. Thank you fore the help. > > > > Dale > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > > Technology Research and Development > > > Governmental Relations Group > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
