[NCLUG] Mandrake 8.1 installed again.
BOF
bof at pcisys.net
Fri Nov 2 06:03:23 MST 2001
Les wrote:
> My only complaint so far is that I can't find xman on the system
> yet.
I don't see xman on the RPMS page for Mandrake, so I wonder if it
comes with it.
Have you tried the commands
whereis xman
or
find / -name "xman*"
to see if it is installed?
> Also I'm trying to figure out how to re-order the boot loader so it
> defaults to windows.
The man page "lilo.conf" covers this well. You'll need to add some
lines to /etc/lilo.conf:
prompt
timeout=50
default=win98
and the stanza
other = /dev/hda1
table = /dev/hda
label = win98
This is assuming that Windows is installed on /dev/hda, the first hard
drive and that it is in the first partition, /dev/hda1. If you don't
want to call it "win98", you can name it whatever. Just don't put any
spaces in it, and keep it short.
The prompt and timeout will allow you to chose whichever you want at
boot time, with the system waiting 5 seconds and then booting into
win98.
Thus the full lilo.conf file will look something like this (this is
from my RH setup, with lines for win98 added):
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
default=redhat
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=redhat
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
other=/dev/hda1
table=/dev/hdb
label=win98
Don't forget to run /sbin/lilo -v after editing the /etc/lilo.conf
file to set the changes before rebooting.
BOF
More information about the NCLUG
mailing list