<rxl124@hehe.com> wrote in message
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> I have redhat 8.0
>
> I am experimenting w/ lilo and see if I can make it
>
> actually, i am tring to make it that lilo boot up sequence will fail
>
> I tried few things
> 1)messing w/ lilo.conf
> 2)removing lilo.conf all toghether
> 3)moving or messing w/ /boot folder
>
> NONE of them make it fail to boot up linux.
>
> What is going on?
> Can someone tell me what's going on w/ this ???

I can't imagine why you would want booting to fail, but what you need to do
is relatively simple.

login
su -
cd /etc
edit lilo.conf to offer no boot options for linux
save lilo.conf
run lilo
exit (back to login)
logout
reboot

If you retained any bootable options (e.g. memtest) that will be offered.
NOTE: you will now need a boot floppy or recovery disk to boot linux.

If what you're wanting is a way to completely keep lilo from running, boot a
DOS disk and run "fdisk /mbr" to re-write the master boot record of the
disk. Again, you'll need a boot floppy or recovery disk to boot Linux.

JW