Hi, Cheryl: I use lilo as a boot loader. I've attached my lilo.conf so you can get a sense of how I use it. Briefly, I have two Ctrl-G's in my /boot/message file in order to get two clear beeps from the system speaker when lilo starts. In case I have a serial synth connected, I also have the serial= line in my lilo.conf too. Because I still eval some Windows things, I have a win98se installation on /dev/hda3 which I happily backup using dd. Notice the aliases below for booting different external synths. It all just depends! <grin> boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b compact prompt timeout=500 message=/boot/message lba32 default=current serial=0,9600N8 image=/boot/vmlinuz25 label = zenith alias = z vga=0X317 #initrd=/boot/initrd.img-25 read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image=/boot/vmlinuz-new label = new alias = n vga=0X317 #initrd=/boot/initrd.img-new read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=current alias = c vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=express alias = x vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=dectlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=litetalk alias = l vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=ltlk hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=bns alias = b vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "speakup_synth=bns hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image=/boot/vmlinuz label=transport alias=t initrd=/boot/initrd.img vga=0X317 read-only root=/dev/hda1 append="speakup_synth=txprt speakup_ser=0 hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" image = /boot/vmlinuz label=vmware alias = v vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 image = /boot/vmlinuz-previous label=previous alias = p vga=0X317 initrd=/boot/initrd.img-previous read-only root=/dev/hda1 append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" other=/dev/hda3 optional label=dos On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Hi everybody; thanks for the help! > I'm interested to know if most of you that have laptops have gotten rid of > windows or repartitioned and put linux on. > also, does anybody know whether I can boot from floppy if i put it in or if I'll > have to get somebody to get into the bios first? > Hey, I love adventures!!! > > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
