[PLUG] grub vs. lilo

Chris Penwell romanmir_ug at comcast.net
Wed Nov 2 14:52:59 UTC 2005


Jason R. Martin wrote:

>On 11/1/05, Michael H. Collins <mike at linuxlink.com> wrote:
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>>If grub is set up correctly it should ask if you want win or lin.
>>Unless I am missing the point of all this.
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>I think Chris wants to be able to type a magic command in Linux, walk
>away, and come back to a Windows boot.  lilo's -R option lets you
>change the default for the next boot (Windows) without changing the
>normal default (Linux).
>
>Jason
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Yep, That's exactly what I'm looking for. And, thanks to you all, a good 
pointing in the right direction led me to "grub-reboot" where I can now 
do that. And for those who care, I'll be setting up that "very small 
shell script" tonight after work.

Thanks again.



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