-
Changing boot record / sequence with 3.6
hey there.. brand new to linux so to help with the transition i am dual booting windowsxp home and knoppix 3.6. My question regards changing the boot record / sequence. The qife isn't too technical so i want to change the order displayed for boot to windows at the top and increasing the time to choose from 4 to 10 seconds
I installed and updated without issue and things are going smooth except for this little nagging issue.
any help please
thanx
-
Senior Member
registered user
edit the file /etc/lilo.conf to change your boot setup.
You must be root to edit this file, so first open a terminal, type su to become root, then type 'kate /etc/lilo.conf' to edit the file. Change timeout to whatever you want, set 'default=windows' then save the file & exit kate. Now type 'lilo' in your console to enable your changes.
If you end up editing setups a lot, you might want to set up a 'Root Kate' icon on your desktop. Just drag'ndrop copy the Kate icon from the start menu to the desktop then right click, select properties & edit the application to run to read 'kdesu kate ...' instead of just kate...'.
-
thanx.. perfect. don't know kate but vi worked just as well
-
Senior Member
registered user
Originally Posted by
longshot
thanx.. perfect. don't know kate but vi worked just as well
You're ahead of me on this one, I haven't a clue about vi but kate is just a (IMHO really good) gui text editor with a built in console panel. For non-gui text editor I use joe because the commands & interface has been around for over 20 years & I'm familiar with it.
Similar Threads
-
By d54321 in forum MS Windows & New to Linux
Replies: 1
Last Post: 12-10-2005, 09:18 AM
-
By Noiseboy in forum Hardware & Booting
Replies: 4
Last Post: 05-14-2005, 07:41 PM
-
By Ripshaft in forum General Support
Replies: 3
Last Post: 02-16-2005, 09:32 PM
-
By xaviers2002 in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 5
Last Post: 07-04-2004, 08:13 PM
-
By dtk in forum General Support
Replies: 2
Last Post: 05-08-2004, 07:15 PM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
Lot Of Two Vintage Apple Macintosh Computers Models 128k M0001 For Parts
$250.00
Vintage Apple Macintosh SE Case - Empty Shell - Housing retro project
$60.00
Apple Mac Powerbook Duo 230 Vintage Laptop
$60.00
VINTAGE APPLE MACINTOSH POWERBOOK 180 ( M4440) Powers On
$100.00
Apple Macintosh SE/30 M5119 Vintage Mac Computer BAD FLOPPY DRIVE FOR PARTS
$350.00
Apple Studio Display Monitor M2454 15" vintage Mac LCD
$80.00
Apple Macintosh Startup Disk for Vintage Mac - System 1.1 w/ MacWrite & MacPaint
$9.99
VINTAGE Ehman EXTERNAL SCSI MACINTOSH HARD DISK DRIVE w/HDD
$49.95
Vintage Orange Micro OrangePC 550 Card PCI Power Macintoshes Pentium 233Mhz
$450.00
APPLE MACINTOSH PLUS M0001A Vintage Mac Computer Tested Working
$799.99