<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="LinuxDoc-Tools 0.9.21"> <TITLE>LILO mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="LILO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="LILO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>LILO mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2>Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, <CODE>skoric at eunet dot yu</CODE></H2>v3.32, 2008-06-08 <HR> <EM> <!-- linux loader windows nt 2000 boot laptop hp --> LILO is the most used <B>Li</B>nux <B>Lo</B>ader for the x86 flavor of Linux; I'll call it Lilo rather than LILO here because I don't appreciate uppercase. This file describes some typical Lilo installations. It's intended as a supplement to the Lilo User's Guide. I think examples are informative even if your setup isn't much like mine. I hope this saves you trouble. Since Lilo's own documentation is very good, who's interested in the details is referred to /usr/doc/lilo* (once upon a time said gentlemen like Cameron Spitzer and Alessandro Rubini who have made early versions of this document)</EM> <HR> <P>This version of Lilo mini-HOWTO is based on work of Cameron Spitzer (<CODE>cls@truffula.sj.ca.us</CODE>) and Alessandro Rubini (<CODE>rubini@linux.it</CODE>). There are also contributions from Tony Harris (<CODE>tony@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu</CODE>) and Marc Tanguy (<CODE>mtanguy@ens.uvsq.fr</CODE>). Well, I have used materials from the authors mentioned - <B>without changes</B> - and added some pointers related to configuring LILO for using with Windows NT and Windows 2000. More detailed information about the activation of Windows NT/2000 from LILO menu, you may find in wonderfull <A HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html">Linux+WindowsNT</A> mini-HOWTO.</P> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="LILO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html">Background Information and Standard Installation</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc2.1">2.1</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html#ss2.1">Where Should I Install Lilo?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.2">2.2</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html#ss2.2">How Should I Configure my IDE Hard Drives?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.3">2.3</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html#ss2.3">How Can I Interact at Boot Time?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.4">2.4</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html#ss2.4">How Can I Uninstall Lilo?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc2.5">2.5</A> <A HREF="LILO-2.html#ss2.5">How to make a ram disk?</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="LILO-3.html">The Simple Configuration</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc3.1">3.1</A> <A HREF="LILO-3.html#ss3.1">How to Deal with Big Kernels</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.2">3.2</A> <A HREF="LILO-3.html#ss3.2">How to boot Windows NT from 'LILO boot:' menu</A> <LI><A NAME="toc3.3">3.3</A> <A HREF="LILO-3.html#ss3.3">How to boot Windows 2000 from 'LILO boot:' menu</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="LILO-4.html">Installing <CODE>hdc</CODE> to Boot as <CODE>hda</CODE> and Using <CODE>bios=</CODE></A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="LILO-5.html">Using Lilo When the BIOS Can't See the Root Partition</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="LILO-6.html">How do i know the BIOS number for my SCSI disks</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc6.1">6.1</A> <A HREF="LILO-6.html#ss6.1">The theory</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.2">6.2</A> <A HREF="LILO-6.html#ss6.2">How to swap linux and NT booting ?</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.3">6.3</A> <A HREF="LILO-6.html#ss6.3">Miscellaneous</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="LILO-7.html">Accessing Huge Disks When the BIOS Can't </A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="LILO-8.html">Booting from a Rescue Floppy</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="LILO-9.html">LILO after the installation of Mandrake Linux 9.1 on HP products</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc9.1">9.1</A> <A HREF="LILO-9.html#ss9.1">Description of the products used in this experiment</A> <LI><A NAME="toc9.2">9.2</A> <A HREF="LILO-9.html#ss9.2">What does LILO looks like on these HP products</A> <LI><A NAME="toc9.3">9.3</A> <A HREF="LILO-9.html#ss9.3">Conclusions</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc10">10.</A> <A HREF="LILO-10.html">Bibliography</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc11">11.</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html">Further Information</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc11.1">11.1</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.1">Copyright</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.2">11.2</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.2">Disclaimer</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.3">11.3</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.3">News</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.4">11.4</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.4">Credits</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.5">11.5</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.5">HOWTO</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.6">11.6</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.6">Mini-HOWTO</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.7">11.7</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.7">Local Resources</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.8">11.8</A> <A HREF="LILO-11.html#ss11.8">Web Pages</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc12">12.</A> <A HREF="LILO-12.html">Getting help</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="LILO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>