03-01-2002
first you have to load Win 98 by giving it a partition and then load Linux after 98. and when loading linux you have to install lilo in the MBR.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
liloconfig
LILOCONFIG(8) liloconfig documentation LILOCONFIG(8)
NAME
liloconfig - create new lilo.conf file (with diskid and uuid)
SYNOPSIS
liloconfig [-h] [-v] [-f] [lilo.conf]
DESCRIPTION
liloconfig is an simple program for creating a new lilo.conf file. After creating the new configuration file you must execute
'/sbin/lilo'.
liloconfig use the lilo.example.conf file as template. In the final lilo.conf file you find many useful comments for custom changes.
OPTIONS
-h Print a brief help.
-v Print verbose messages.
-f Force overriding existing lilo.conf.
EXAMPLES
Lines in the configuration file /etc/lilo.conf:
### LILO global section ###
#large-memory
lba32
boot = /dev/sda
map = /boot/map
install = menu
menu-scheme = Wb:Yr:Wb:Wb
prompt
timeout = 100
vga = normal
#default = Linux
### LILO per-image section ###
#boot = /dev/sda
boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5book-686
label = "Linux"
#root = /dev/sda1
root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
read-only
# restricted
# alias = 1
# optional
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5book-686
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
label = "Linux Old"
#root = /dev/sda1
root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
read-only
# restricted
# alias = 2
# optional
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2011 Joachim Wiedorn
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
AUTHOR
lilconfig was written by Joachim Wiedorn.
This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
SEE ALSO
lilo(8), update-lilo(8), lilo-uuid-diskid(8)
23.1 2011-03-20 LILOCONFIG(8)