Lilo.conf confusion

[Myles Green]

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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:25:58 -0500 (EST)
Lonni J Friedman <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> 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.

Hi Lonnie,
Thanks for the quick reply. I found those entries in the lilo.conf
man-page, I've never used them before either but figured they couldn't
hurt. I'm not too worried about the WinXP or Memtest entries, they can
be made to work later if necessary but I'd _really_ rather not have to
resort to the 'rescue disk' method of getting linux to boot.

Anybody else have anything to add to Net Llama's comments?

Thanks again Llama,

Myles

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