Re: 'Lilo 22.5.7.2' deletes Windows option

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:28:37 -0500, 
Andrés Roldán <aroldan@fluidsignal.com> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 87znhiylfe.fsf@volatile.central.fluidsignal.com>:
> 
> Adam Bogacki <afb@paradise.net.nz> writes:
> 
> > Aargh ... I was pecking away absent-mindedly at the keyboard on my
> > dual-boot system as Lilo came up
> > and was surprised to vaguely notice some strange options scroll by
> > but thought nothing of it until the next  reboot when the Windows
> > option had gone and that Lilo was now "Lilo 22.5.7.2", probably
> > after a dist-upgrade.  I have CV's and other stuff on that drive
> > which I need to access. Has Lilo changed recently ?
> 
> LILO won't change /etc/lilo.conf unless you run liloconfig and
> manually accept what it asks for.

..huh?  Toss in:...
other=/dev/hda1
  label="Windows(hda1)" 
...into /etc/lilo.conf and run 'lilo -v -v -v' to verify it 
writes a new boot sector.

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