Thank you for the below information. It sure makes lilo make more sense. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: Re: installing slackware 8.0 with speakup > I would use /hda, assuming /hda is the drive your BIOS boots with. When > doing a liloconfig, it should ask you if you want to put the boot image on > a partition of your choice or if you want it on the "master boot record" > of the drive and using that option will result in your lilo.conf file > having an entry like boot=/hda. Also in liloconfig, you will be asked to > enter the items you want to include in lilo. I would setup the windows > one first, followed by the linux option. I say this because lilo, by > default, will use the first entry in lilo.conf to boot your machine; the > machine will boot into windows if no choices are made during the lilo boot > prompt. > > I would strongly encourage you to read "man lilo" and "man lilo.conf" to > learn all the exciting options of lilo. You can get lilo to work really > well for you that way. Slackware's liloconfig script is just a beginning. > After liloconfig is done, take a look at /etc/lilo.conf to see what got > created; that can be edited freely once you understand the additional > options you might want/need. > > On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Angelo Sonnesso wrote: > > > I have two drives /hda, and /sda. > > I have "windows m e" on /hda, and zipspeak on /sda. > > I want to install a full version of Linux on /sda. > > Where do I put lilo, or better yet what is the best way to set this up as a > > duel boot system. > > I need to keep windows on the system because of some projects I am working > > on for my job. > > Any suggestions? > > > > > That shouldn't be a bad start but the slackware settup script should also > > > take you through a lilo configuration step. Here is where you can specify > > > where your dos/windows partition is so you can include it. For best > > > results, choose /hda (outside of any specific partition) for the location > > > of the boot image. That's what I did and I have a dual boot system on > > > this machine. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
