Operating Systems
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Operating Systems

Some of the things that can be done here are: settings like General Options for specific kernels/OSes, set default OS to boot, probe for available kernels, you can also edit root file system, ramdisk settings, extra parameters, etc...

Boot menu listbox

To the far left is a list of the kernels and operating systems you can currently boot. Choose the one you would like to edit.

Kernel:

Enter the filename of the kernel you would like to boot. Pushing the Select... will bring up KDE standard fileselector to help you find the kernel.

Label:

Enter the label (name) of the kernel you want to boot here.

Root filesystem:

Enter the root filesystem for the kernel you would like to boot. Pushing the Select... will bring up KDE standard fileselector to help you find the root filesystem.

Root filesystem

In this case, the root filesystem means the partition that will be mounted as / at boot time.

Initial ramdisk:

If you want to use an initial ramdisk (initrd) for this kernel, enter its filename here. Leave this field blank if you do not intend to use an initial ramdisk for this kernel.

Extra parameters:

Enter an extra parameters you wish to pass kernel. Usually this can be left blank. This can the append option in lilo.conf.

Set Default

Boot this kernel if the user doesn't make a different choice.

Details

This brings up a dialog box with further, less commonly used, options.

Probe

Automaticly generate a (hopefully) reasonable lilo.conf for your system.

Check Configuration

Run LILO in test mode to see if the configuration is ok.

Add Kernel...

Add a new Linux kernel to the boot menu.

Add Other OS...

Add non-Linux OS to boot menu.

Remove Entry

Remove entry from boot menu.

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