[ale] Changing default boot OS in LILO

[jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu (Jim Kinney)]

The default boot OS is the first one listed in lilo.conf. Reorder and it
will do what you need.

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Thu, 27 May 1999 jeff_hubbs at mcgraw-hill.com wrote:

> 
> 
> I looked through various HOWTOs and READMEs but I didn't find the answer to this
> question:
> 
> Ona dual-boot Linux/Win95 machine, how do I change LILO's default boot OS (i.e.,
> the one that boots when the LILO prompt times out) from Linux to Windows?
> 
> BEFORE YOU FLAME ME, consider that since Win95 will probably crash a lot more
> often that Linux, it would be nice if, when Win95 is up, it rebooted back to
> Win95 without human intervention.  See my logic?  ;-)
> 
> Here is what my lilo.conf looks like:
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
>  label=linux
>  root=/dev/hda8
>  read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
>  label=win
>  table=/dev/hda
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> - Jeff
> 
>