im running slackware 10, i have two harddrives hda1 is linux and teh hdd is a nonworking dos patition. the default boot device is the dos one. could someone rewrite my lilo.conf so there isnt useless stuff and that linux is default?
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4x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x7# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdd1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hdd
# Windows bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
--

Add the line
default = Linux
before
prompt

Save, run lilo, done .... you can safely remove
the commented mode-lines for the framebuffer



Cheers,
Tink

what exactly is your problem? what error do you get? to make it default just type below the message line: default = Linux and you should be all set there.

hmmm that didnt work

it still wants to go to the other one

and i typed it in correctly >.>

What does lilo.conf look like now, and what output
did you get when you ran lilo?


And please learn to edit posts, rather than making
consecutive 1-liners in individual posts...



Cheers,
Tink

aww but i like one liners :P

http://chibi.zapto.org/lilo.conf

And where's the output of you running lilo
after those changes?


:P


Cheers,
Tink

But what are you getting for an error when trying to boot? and did you run /sbin/lilo after editing lilo.conf?

output? :S

it starts up and gives me two choices, windows and linux and windows is highlighted and there is a counter, counting down from like 2 minutes lol :S

no error.... it just boots with a partition that doesnt work as default and i have to select linux. and no

*sigh*

If you edit lilo.conf you need to RUN (e.g, in a
terminal, as root, type
lilo<enter>
)
for changes to take effect.


Cheers,
Tink

you need to run /sbin/lilo as root after making changed to lilo.conf or you have essentially made no changes.

:P this IS the newbie section.