Lilo.conf confusion

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Myles Green wrote:
> My system layout goes like this:
>
> hda1 = winxp pro
> hde1 = /
>
> Here is what I've managed to come up with:
>
> <lilo.conf>
> # lilo.conf
> #
> #  global options:
> boot=/dev/hda
> prompt
> timeout=50
> lba32
> compact
> vga=792
> bitmap=/boot/debianlilo.bmp
> root=/dev/hde1
> read-only
> menu-title=" Myles' Computer "
> #
> #  bootable kernel image:
>         image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-2-k7
>         label=Linux
>         map=/boot/System.map-2.6.10-2-k7
>         initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-2-k7
> #
> #  Memory test
>         image=/boot/memtest86+.bin
>         label=Memtest86+
> #
> #  other operating systems:
>         other=/dev/hda1
>         label=WinXP
>         loader=chainloader +1
> </lilo.conf>
>
> Could some kind soul point out any show stopping errors before I commit
> this to disk?

I can't confirm that the WinXP or memtest86 entries are valid, but the
linux entry looks sane to me.  I've never used the 'map' or 'root'
variables before though, so i'm not sure that you need them, but if you
see them documented somewhere, then they prolly can't hurt anything.

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