so you don't have lilo too? get it (e.g. at www.freshmeat.net) and install then you'll have lilo.conf Dale Alton wrote: >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 at afb.net> >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 >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://linux-speakup.org/pipermail/speakup/attachments/20010904/b738973d/attachment.html>
