Boot from hard drive how-to

[mofo]

I had installed RH 5.2 about 2 months ago and ever since then I have had to use a floppy to boot into linux. I was wondering if there is a way that you can boot from the hard drive instead, and how would I go about to do this.

Thanx

[Popeye]

Yes. You'll need to edit your /etc/lilo.conf file.
Probably on the top line, yours says something like 'boot=/dev/fd0'..you need to edit it to read 'boot=/dev/hdx' where 'x' is the letter designating your Linux drive.
After you do this, at the CLI, type lilo -v and then reboot. http://www.linuxplanet.com/discussion/wink.gif

[mofo]

Thanx for the response Popeye http://www.linuxplanet.com/discussion/smile.gif http://www.linuxplanet.com/discussion/smile.gif