RedHat 8.0

[John R. Ghidiu]

i am pretty sure i am confused now. the normal order of operation is:

poweron/POST
load the boot manager (lilo)
select the OS (linux)
login (kdm)
do stuff
logout
shutdown/reboot/repeat as necessary

if i understand you, you are saying that kdm lets you boot into windows?
so, lilo boots up, you boot into linux, kdm starts, and you tell kdm that
you want to boot into windows. is that correct? then, your computer boots
back into linux (when you are done in windows)? am i missing something?

john

On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:

> Not sure, but it has been in Mandrake since at least 8.1 and RedHat
> since at least 7.3 or so. From KDM, I can boot directly into Windows or
> whatever without having to wait and make a selection from the lilo
> screen
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:31, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
>
>     so you are saying that kdm has an interface of sorts to lilo? what version
>     of kdm is this?
>
>     john
>
>     On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
>
>     > kdm does, if the boot options is selected, whatever is in lilo will be
>     > an option
>     > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 09:13, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
>     >
>     >     which is why i said i suspect that gdm does not allow this. seems to me
>     >     that this is the job of the boot loader, not the session manager, so
>     >     perhaps kde is just 'talking' to the boot loader (grub, lilo, etc.)...
>     >     thoughts?
>     >
>     >     john
>     >
>     >     On 4 Oct 2002, Cyber Source wrote:
>     >
>     >     > In that file, just points to gdmsetup, when running that, I see no
>     >     > choice to show dual boots
>     >     > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 07:05, John R. Ghidiu wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     AFAIK, gdm does not allow this (but i am running the version that came
>     >     >     with ximian desktop 6 months ago). the config is in /usr/sbing/gdmconfig.
>     >     >
>     >     >     john
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     >   I will probably put it back too, lol. I do like the ability to dual
>     >     >     > boot from the kdm shutdown menu. gdm probably has a way to put this in,
>     >     >     > where is the gui to config the gdm? Thanks
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     ----------------------------
>     >     John R. Ghidiu
>     >
>     > john at rmdashrf.org
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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>     ----------------------------
>     John R. Ghidiu
>
> john at rmdashrf.org
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John R. Ghidiu
john at rmdashrf.org