McKinney83 Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 i have mdk 9.1 set up to boot on a floppy (lilo), and seeing as i am new to linux, i would really like to have my computer boot right into windows, unless the floppy is in the drive. instead, if i dont put the bootdisk in the drive, it hangs, and just keeps repeating "99 99 99 99" is there anyway to have it boot into xp unless i put the bootdisk in, then it could load lilo. thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Why don't you setup lilo to boot either windows or linux instead of messing with a floppy? Regardless, might want to post your /etc/lilo.conf file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Yeah, post your lilo.conf file, although editing it isn't difficult. What you basically want to do is set Windows as your default on the lilo menu and make it auto-load after a given time. That way, if you turn on your computer and leave it, it will automatically boot into windows, unless you interrupt it and select Linux from the lilo menu. Doing it via a floppy is convoluted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKinney83 Posted September 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 thanks for the info now that i have it on floppy, is there a way to get it on the h.d ? or do i need to reinstall ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 No need to re-install. All you have to do is change your lilo settings. I am, once again, not at my box right now - but all you have to do is understand the basics and then man lilo and lilo.conf. The lilo.conf file contains various settings and a list of boot partitions. So all you have to do is set this list up the way you like. So you tell it, this is my Linux boot partition and I would like you to call it 'Linux' and the same for Windows. Lilo builds its menu from this list. In the settings, you specify one option as a default, lilo will put you into this one then, unless you interrupt it. Open up your lilo.conf file in a text editor, it is really quite self explanatory. Remember that after you edit the lilo.conf file, you must run lilo, so it can update itself # lilo -v I'm sorry I can't give you exact answers, but I am currently sitting in front of a windows box at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 is there a way to get it on the h.d ? Go to the Mandrake Control Center>Boot>DrakBoot>Configure and choose to use either lilo or grub......it'll do the rest...hopefully :wink: If you haven't already I'd suggest running Mandrake Update and getting all the drak stuff updated first (drakconf, draktools etc....). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKinney83 Posted September 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 thanks for all your help. i got it all configured on hda and it defaults into windows now tried and tested and it works for mdk and win. so, thanks again ~Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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