jmr0311 Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I want to add some lines to Lilo.conf file in my Mandrake linux 10.0. Apparentlly Lilo in my system is lacking some lines that are preventing him from prompting the booting screen that shows the OS systems that are booting in my computer. I have windows XP and Mandrake linux 10. I need specifics on how to change permissions to access this file, also the commands I need to execute to perform this task, also where should I perform this task within my linux system, etc. Sorry for being so annoyance, I'm a complete newbie with just hours of experience in Linux. This is how Lilo.conf looks like in my system: /etc/lilo.conf file : boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map VGA=NORMAL # Add line to set the resolution for the booting screen default="linux-i686-up-4GB" keytable=/boot/us.klt PROMPT # Add line to ask Lilo to prompt the booting screen nowarn TIMEOUT=100 # Add line to force a delay before Lilo loads the default system ( Linux ) message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB label="linux-i686-up-4GB" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="263-7" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hdb1 label="windows2" table=/dev/hdb map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Any suggestions are very welcome, Thank's Javi [moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 From what I can see, everything looks ok in your lilo.conf file. FYI, changing the permissions on this file is a bad idea. It's better to edit the file as root if you need to. Open a terminal, type 'su' (no quotes) and hit enter You will be prompted to enter the root password, enter it and press enter (the cursor will not move) then type something like 'kwrite /etc/lilo.conf' (no quotes, assuming you're in KDE) After you make any changes to this file, save it. Then in a console as root you need to type one of the following commands: lilo lilo -v and hit enter. This will make lilo process the changes. It looks to me, though that everything is just fine in that file. the options for 'linux', 'linux-i686-up-4GB' and others will take you to Mandrake. The entry for 'windows' will boot to XP. I'm guessing the 'windows2' entry is a separate fat32 partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hi LiquidZoo, I was able to do the changes to my Lilo.conf successfully, thank's for your kind help. I saw for the first time the Lilo boot up screen and it doesn't look pretty. It shows all of this entries in the screen: linux-i686-up-4GB ( apparently this one is to boot Mandrake Linux partition) linux linux nonfb 263-7 failsafe windows ( Apparently this one is to boot Windows XP partition) windows2 floppy Do I need all this mess in that screen, or there is anything I can do to prevent Lilo from showing this entries in the booting screen. Also, Can I change the name Lilo display in this screen to make it more friendly to the user. The only ones I will like to keep is the ones for mandrake linux partiton and windows XP partition. The windows2 entry is a second ntfs hard drive I have in my machiine that I use for data storage. Javi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 To change the name: Edit the lilo.conf file and change what's in the label= parts. No spaces. You can delete the other entries if you want, it would be better to comment them out, though. Just put a # at the begining of each line. Make sure you get all of them, though; and make sure you re-run lilo once you make the changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Or if you like, you can make a backup of the file and then remove the lines. I've rarely if ever needed those other kernels.. cp lilo.conf lilo.bkup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hi LiquidZoo, Which entries should I keep showing on the screen and which ones should I comment out. And also can you show me how my lilo.conf whould looks like with the lines comments out ( # ) so I have a better idea in what to do and don't leave anything out. Hi cannonfodder, When I execute this " cp lilo.conf lilo.bkup", where this backup file is going to be place, and also to you, which entries should I delete. Javi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 You will have to type cd /etc first and the backup file will go to the current directory /etc. It's just like a file copy in DOS. root=/dev/hda map=/boot/map VGA=NORMAL # Add line to set the resolution for the booting screen default="linux-i686-up-4GB" # This matches the label for the entry you want as default keytable=/boot/us.klt PROMPT # Add line to ask Lilo to prompt the booting screen nowarn TIMEOUT=100 # Add line to force a delay before Lilo loads the default system ( Linux ) message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw # # first entry starts with image. Note that the label matches the line above? image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB label="linux-i686-up-4GB" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only # # second entry is your windows OS other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda # # Another windows? other=/dev/hdb1 label="windows2" table=/dev/hdb map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Also, do some searching on the terms lilo.conf or /etc/lilo and see other examples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 boot=/dev/hdamap=/boot/map VGA=NORMAL # Add line to set the resolution for the booting screen default="linux-i686-up-4GB" keytable=/boot/us.klt PROMPT # Add line to ask Lilo to prompt the booting screen nowarn TIMEOUT=100 # Add line to force a delay before Lilo loads the default system ( Linux ) message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB label="linux-i686-up-4GB" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="263-7" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hdb1 label="windows2" table=/dev/hdb map-drive=0x80 to=0x81 map-drive=0x81 to=0x80 other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe becomes boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map VGA=NORMAL # Add line to set the resolution for the booting screen default="Mandrake" keytable=/boot/us.klt PROMPT # Add line to ask Lilo to prompt the booting screen nowarn TIMEOUT=100 # Add line to force a delay before Lilo loads the default system ( Linux ) message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw #image=/boot/vmlinuz #label="linux" #root=/dev/hda5 #initrd=/boot/initrd.img #append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" #vga=788 #read-only #image=/boot/vmlinuz #label="linux-nonfb" #root=/dev/hda5 #initrd=/boot/initrd.img #append="devfs=mount acpi=ht" #read-only #image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB label="Mandrake" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only #image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk #label="263-7" #root=/dev/hda5 #initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img #append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" #read-only #image=/boot/vmlinuz #label="failsafe" #root=/dev/hda5 #initrd=/boot/initrd.img #append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount" #read-only #other=/dev/hda1 label="XP" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hdb1 #label="windows2" #table=/dev/hdb #map-drive=0x80 #to=0x81 #map-drive=0x81 #to=0x80 #other=/dev/fd0 #label="floppy" #unsafe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr0311 Posted July 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Thank you LiquidZoo for the kindly advice, that's exactly how my lLilo.conf looks like and is working perfectly. Javi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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