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Re: lilo question



Hi

Alon Kadury wrote:
> 
> hi
> i have a redhat 5.2 linux on my pc, along with win95
> when i installed my linux i didn't install lilo on the MBR but used to 
> option to boot from disk.
> now i want to put lilo on the MBR (with windows as default)
[snip]

Lilo comes with a script called QuickInst. You should find it somewhere
on your disk (probably at /usr/doc/lilo). I use Debian, not RedHat, so
I don't know. I am almost sure that RedHat has an even smarter configuration
script. Isn't lilo mentioned anywhere on RedHat's config stuff (e.g.
linuxconf)?
The better, but longer, way, is to read lilo's excelent documentation,
which should be at /usr/doc/lilo, and then write your own lilo.conf.

> 2. run linux lilo installation like the one when i install linux.
>    its windows style, and simple to use,
>    but how do i run it?

try something like
find / -iname '*lilo*'
(As I said, I don't know RH).

> 3. do upgrade to the linux (using the same cd i used to install the linux).
>    the only catch here is that i don't want all my configuration (x-server, 
> network setting...) to be deleted.
>    does the upgrade over-right the current configuration?

NEVER! a bad linux installation is almost always fixable by hand. This is
not windows! If you have specific questions (like this one about lilo),
you should read the relevant docs, not reinstall.

> 
> i'd love to here any idea or help.

If all this doesn't help, I (as many others, probably) can send you
my lilo.conf, which you will (obviously) have to change for your needs.

> Alon Kadury
> kadury@hotmail.com
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