[H-GEN] custom lilo?

[Jason Henry Parker]

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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Tony Melia wrote:
> Does anybody know how I can change the default lilo boot string used for a
> disk made using the mkbootdisk command in RH7?  I need to add a 'mem=79M
> smart2=0x1000' or my raid controller and extra memory will not be seen on
> boot, for other reasons, I cannot boot from the hard disk - don't ask!

I know that it's possible to simply mount a RH6.2 boot disk as an
msdos format floppy.  On that disk is a file called syslinux.cfg,
editing that appears to be obvious.

HTH,

jason
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