Lilo.conf confusion

[Brad De Vries]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 06:49:34 -0700, Myles Green <rmg57 at telus.net> wrote:
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> Esteemed list members,
> I find myself in the position of CRS (can't remember sh!t). I am in need
> of a working lilo.conf to replace my GRUB installation (for various
> reasons). Trouble is, I'm drawing a blank on this.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Myles (who had *way* too much fun in the 60's and 70's)
> 
> - --
> Myles Green <rmg57 at telus dot net> Calgary AB Canada
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I haven't used Lilo in a while but isn't there a "lilo -t -t -t -v"
thingy you can do to test it out before installing it?  If so, have
you tried it and if you have, how did it respond?