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Andrew Strong wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
>  I am planning on installing Linux Red Hat 5.2 to a 2 gig partition on
> my HDD shortly. It will be sharing the disk with Win 95A.
> 
>  My question involves the boot up process : I want Lilo to do one of 2
> things :
> 
>    1. Boot by default to Win 95 or :
>    2. Boot from a floppy disk to Linux
> 
>  Can anybody give me a walk through of the steps involved in this? I
> understand that I can set this up on installation.

Assuming things haven't changed too radically under RedHat 5.2 since 5.1,
at the LILO installation step you should have two partitions listed:
"linux"
and "dos".  "linux" ia usually the default (marked with an asterisk).
To make Windows the default use the Edit option; highlight "dos" and press
the appropriate function key (F4?)  You can also rename "dos" to "win95"
etc.
here to make it more meaningful.  Accept the changes, and continue the
installation.  Assuming all goes well, at your next reboot you should get
the "LILO:" prompt.  If you press enter or wait for a few seconds, it will
boot to Windows; if you type "linux", it will boot to Linux.

If you use a floppy disk to boot to Linux, you don't need LILO.

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