Editing Lilo's boot option list

Lenny

I have MD 9.0 installed, installed the lilo too.. the only problem I have is that I would like NT to appear the default on the list, so after 8secs it boots up into nt, insteed of having linux on the top of the list
Help appreacated,
thanks

Woden

mucho interested in hearing the response to this as running windows/linux and after 4 secs automatically boots to linux, from lilo/grub even though i managed to get windows to the top of the list

dahamsta

Google Is Your Friend

Tom Dunne

I am running Mandrake 8.1 and there is a utility called Mandrake Control Center. I would imagine it is in 9 also.

This is broken down into various options, the first is Boot. In this you can configure LILO and set which OS id the default to be booted. It is fairly straight forward, let me know if you are having trouble.

TD.

Typedef

hmmm... strictly speaking I shouldn't be helping you boot to NT by default... but, since it is a lilo question

From the /etc/lilo.conf on my router

boot = /dev/hda
prompt
vga=normal

default=Linux
lba32
timeout=500

image=/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda1
label=Linux-2.2
read-only

image=/boot/bzImage
root=/dev/hda1
label=Linux
read-only

You need to change the default property of your lilo.conf file to be
default=NT

so that the entry (which looks something like this)

other=/dev/hda1
label=NT

becomes the default OS in the bootup process.
Once you have sucessfully edited the /etc/lilo.conf file issue this command as root

lilo

This should rewrite your master boot record.

monies in brown paper envelopes care of the money for Typedef foundation™

Woden

cheers folks went to use the stuff from google but it turned out mandrake had the option in the boot menu

Puck

Just did this myself a couple of hours ago so here's exactly how to do it on Mandrake 9.0:

1. Go into Mandrake Control Center (it'll ask you for the root password if you're not already logged in as root.)
2. Go to the "Boot" menu.
3. In the "Lilo/grub mode" frame click "Configure".
4. A pop-up menu should appear. Unless you want to change the delay, boot device or bootloader then just click "OK".
5. Now this is the bit you want. There should now be a drop down menu listing the different boot options. Select windows. and click the "Modify" button. Then just click the little "default" button and that's about it. (Just hit "OK", on that menu, "Done" on the previous one and "OK" on the one before that.)

I'm a real newbie to Linux and even I thought it was easy you should have no problem. Hope this helps.

Lenny

Just did it there, thanks for the help lads, really appreacated.