Very Computer

I've set up LILO in such a way that Linux Red Hat 5.0 loads by default.
If I want to start Windows 98 I have to type win98.

How can I change the default operating system to be Windows 98 and how do i
change the timeout ?

That's easy.  Go to /etc/lilo.conf and move the 'other' section to be infromt
of the 'image' section.  For example, my lilo.conf files looks like this:

boot=/dev/hda
prompt
timeout=50
other=/dev/hda1
   label=win95
   table=/dev/hda
images=/vmlinuz
   root=/dev/hdb1
   label=Linux

This will give me 5 seconds to type in which system I want, but since the
'other=' section is first in the list, then lilo starts running my Windows 95
after the 5 seconds of waiting at the prompt.

Don't forget to rerun /sbin/lilo after you modify your lilo.conf file.

Hope this helps....Good Luck.

--James Rasmussen

See my previous message with my example lilo.conf file.  See the line
'timeout=50'?  Change that value to the number of seconds you want to wait and
multiply it by 10.  In my case 50 gives me 5 seconds, 100 gives 10 seconds.

Good Luck Again,
--James Rasmussen

Edit /etc/lilo.conf and swap have your Windows 98 entry before your linux one

Regards

Mark
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