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Re: LILO only boots default OS



> When the computer boots up only the default OS is loaded.  The file
> lilo.conf contains the lines
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=win
> During boot up LILO does not give the option to boot the other OS that is
> not the default.
> 
> I have the following partitions setup:
> 
> hda1   7GB   FAT32 Windows98
> hdb1  20GB  FAT32 
> hdb2   9GB   Linux
> hdb3  128MB Linux swap
> 
> What is the problem?


1. Did you run lilo (as root) after you changed the lilo.conf?

2. Do you know that you have to stop lilo when the LILO promt is shown
(with Ctrl key)? Tab will show you a list.

Succes.

Ionel



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