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Setting the LILO Default

From Ryan Sheidow on Mon, 11 Oct 1999

I want to set the LILO boot system to load dos by default. Could you please send me a detailed algorithm that would allow me to do this. I am just a linux beginner and do not know anything.

Thank You, Ryan Sheidow

The easiest way is to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, add an appropriate default= line near the top (first line of the file is O.K.) and then run /sbin/lilo.

The default= line should refer to the label in your MS-DOS "stanza." Basically that would be whichever word you've been manually typing at the LILO: prompt to get into MS-DOS.

Here's a sample:

default=dos
boot=/dev/hda3
root=/dev/hda3
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
image=/vmlinuz
	label=Linux
	read-only
other=/dev/hda1
	label=dos

Of course, as with any changes to your kernels, partitions, or lilo.conf files you must run the /sbin/lilo command to update your boot record and maps in order for your changes to take effect.

Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 48 December 1999

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