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You need to edit /etc/lilo.conf. Here is my lilo.conf, so you can see how my system is booting:

 

default="linux-i686-up-4GB"
boot=/dev/hda
prompt
nowarn
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz-i686-up-4GB
	label="linux-i686-up-4GB"
	root=/dev/hda2
	initrd=/boot/initrd-i686-up-4GB.img
	append="resume=/dev/hda3 splash=silent"
	vga=788
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-25mdk-i686-up-4GB
	label="2612i686up4G-25"
	root=/dev/hda2
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.12-25mdk-i686-up-4GB.img
	append="resume=/dev/hda3 splash=silent"
	vga=788
other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"

 

of course, I'm using Mandriva, but it doesn't matter what distro, the config should be more or less the same. The bit you are interested in is the bottom part.

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Okay I think I changed it but it still just boots linux without giving me the option to boot windows.

Here is a copy of my /etc/lilo.conf

 

 

# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# ---------------	   `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
#					   and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.

# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# |						!! Reminder !!						 |
# |															   |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this	 |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt' (if you have created it), or   |
# | install a new kernel.  The computer will most likely fail to  |
# | boot if a kernel-image post-install script or you don't	   |
# | remember to run `lilo'.									   |
# |															   |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+

# Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda6

# This option may be needed for some software RAID installs.
#
# raid-extra-boot=mbr-only

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact

# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: text, bmp, and menu
# Look in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
#install=menu

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
#	prompt
#	delay=100
#	timeout=100

# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#


# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWTO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""

# If you used a serial console to install Debian, this option should be
# enabled by default.
# serial=

#
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
#default=Linux

image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
#	restricted
#	alias=1

initrd=/initrd.img

image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
read-only
optional
#	restricted
#	alias=2

initrd=/initrd.img.old
image=/dev/hda1
label=Windows
restricted
alias=4


# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
#	label=HURD
#	restricted
#	alias=3

other=/dev/hda1
label=Windows
restricted
alias=2

 

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Uncomment the restricted and alias entries for Windows with a "#" and run lilo again. And make sure you dont have two entries that kill off each other:

 

initrd=/initrd.img.old

image=/dev/hda1

label=Windows

restricted

alias=4

...

 

other=/dev/hda1

label=Windows

restricted

alias=2

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This might be a daft question, but would it be possible to add an entry in lilo to boot from the cd drive?

 

At the moment I get a very short time at power on in which to press F12 where I can select to boot from CD, otherwise it boots from the hd and offers the lilo menu for Mandriva / the other one. It would be nice if there was a cd option in lilo too, if that's possible, but I don't know how it would look? It wouldn't just be the same as the windows one but with /dev/cdrom would it?

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Still no Luck. Here is my present lilo.conf

 

# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# ---------------	   `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
#					   and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.

# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# |						!! Reminder !!						 |
# |															   |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this	 |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt' (if you have created it), or   |
# | install a new kernel.  The computer will most likely fail to  |
# | boot if a kernel-image post-install script or you don't	   |
# | remember to run `lilo'.									   |
# |															   |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+

# Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda6

# This option may be needed for some software RAID installs.
#
# raid-extra-boot=mbr-only

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact

# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: text, bmp, and menu
# Look in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
#install=menu

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
#	prompt
#	delay=100
#	timeout=1000

# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#


# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWTO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""

# If you used a serial console to install Debian, this option should be
# enabled by default.
# serial=

#
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
#default=Linux

image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
#	restricted
#	alias=1

initrd=/initrd.img

image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
read-only
optional
#	restricted
#	alias=2

initrd=/initrd.img.old

image=/dev/hda1
label=Windows
read-only
#restricted
#alias=2




# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.

#other=/dev/hda4
#	label=HURD
#	restricted
#	alias=3

 

When I go to the konsole and type Lilo I get the following:

 

Added Linux *
Skipping /vmlinuz.old
Added Windows

 

However when I boot the computer it still does the same: It says Lilo (with the version number I think) Then it waits a second and starts booting linux

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Edit this section like so:

 

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
#delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
prompt
nowarn
#	delay=100
timeout=100

 

That's the typical lilo.conf setup. You probably had your "delay" set too short. The above should give you a ten second delay before automatically booting the default OS.

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Yeah, the windows entry doesn't look right either

 

I did give this info earlier too, but my post obviously wasn't read. See the very first reply to this post :P

 

Hence why you were still having problems with your lilo config!!!!!

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