Setting Windows as Default

[Lockdown]

Sup guys, on my family PC, I'd like to install Slackware but there are to many people who use it and have no clue on how to use lilo. -_-

Is there a way I can have windows and slackware dual booted and then have windows as default?

-Lockdown

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You can edit /etc/lilo.conf and make windows the default. Just change the default line:

instead of this:

default=linux

change it to something like this:

default=windows

(it needs to be the same as the label on your windows entry)

You'll need root permissions to edit that file, so go to a command line, su to root, then run:

nano /etc/lilo.conf

edit file, save file, run lilo (while still as root), then reboot

[Lockdown]

How do I change it as default on windows? Also when there both default how will I boot up slackware?

[oz]

You won't have both as default... you'll need to edit out "linux" and insert "windows" on the default line.

If you can copy/paste your lilo.conf file here, it will be easier for someone to help.

[Lockdown]

Alright, I will in a sec when I boot it up, but how will I boot slack?

[oz]

LILO gives a menu at boot time, and you'll choose between Windows and Linux, but if you don't make a choice, then Windows will go ahead and boot by default.

[Lockdown]

After a certain amount of seconds?

[oz]

Yes, you can change the number of seconds.

[Lockdown]

Alright, almost done downloading... Will set it to like 2 secs.

[Lockdown]

Alright, heres my /etc/lilo.conf

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0"
boot = /dev/sda

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
  bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
  bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used.  We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
  bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
  bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and 
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
  reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/sda1
  label = Windows
  table = /dev/sda
# Windows bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/sda2
  label = Linux
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends