Re: LILO Configuration Question

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From: Graham Broadbridge
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 11:32

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Mark White (markw@cs.jcu.edu.au) wrote:
: Hi there--

: I've got a fairly old (1.1?) version of Linux on my home PC, which it
: shares with Windows 3.1.  I'm not using Linux a whole lot anymore, and
: want to know if it is possible to boot into DOS by default, rather than
: having to hit <SHIFT>? and then type "DOS".

: I've read the liloconfig notes, and tried to work out the lilo.conf
: syntax, but to no avail.

: Any suggestions?

boot dos, and then execute 'fdisk /mbr' to remove the linux boot record.

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Subject: Re: LILO Configuration Question
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