Linux Booting Through LILO

[ASheriff]

Hi All,

How do I find out if my Linux System is booting through LILO or not. Is there any command to find out if LILO is active or not, and if the system is booting using LILO ?

Thanks,

Aejaz

 

[shishir]

Hi,

If your system is booting through Lilo, you get a Lilo prompt while booting. Press a tab to see other boot options.

You can also check the settings using linuxconf command available in Redhat Linux and Linux Mandrake.

You can configure lilo through linuxconf or make the changes to the lilo.conf file manually if you are confident enough. However, remember that after making any changes to the file, type /sbin/lilo to activate the changes.

Please let me know if this helps

Shishir

 

[ASheriff]

Hi ,

Thanks for the reply. but this is a running server, I cannot reboot it to see the boot prompt. I am using Redhat, what should I look for in Linuxconf to confirm if the system is booting through LILO.

Aejaz

 

[mbaranski]

/etc/lilo.conf is the config file it's using, and that'll also tell you what options are avalible with your system.

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