Most Lilo installations use a configuration file like the following one:
boot = /dev/hda # or your root partition delay = 10 # delay, in tenth of a second (so you can interact) vga = 0 # optional. Use "vga=1" to get 80x50 #linear # try "linear" in case of geometry problems. image = /boot/vmlinux # your zImage file root = /dev/hda1 # your root partition label = Linux # or any fancy name read-only # mount root read-only other = /dev/hda4 # your dos partition, if any table = /dev/hda # the current partition table label = dos # or any non-fancy name
You can have multiple ``image'' and ``other'' sections if you want. It's not uncommon to have several kernel images configured in your lilo.conf, at least if you keep up to date with kernel development.
If you compile a ``zImage'' kernel and it is too big to fit in half a
megabyte (this is commong with new 2.1 kernels), you should build a
``big zImage'' instead: ``make bzImage''. To boot a big
kernel image nothing special is needed, but you need version 18 or
newer of Lilo. If your installation is older, you should upgrade your
Lilo package.
In addition to the Lilo docs, there are a number of mini-howto's that can be useful for your needs. All of them are called ``Linux+foobarOS'', for some foobarOS, they deal with coexistence of Linux and other operationg system(s). Also, ``Multiboot-with-LILO'' describes how the various Windows flavours can be made to coexist with Linux.