5 Feb
2002
5 Feb
'02
18:18
Lenz Grimmer:
Tom Nicholson:
This will seem laughable to some of you, but I'm trying to figure out why lilo presents a choice of Linux or SuSE (or Memory Test)?
The mem test I can understand. But I thought SuSE was a Linux. I'm suspecting it may have something to do with different kernels, but am clueless beyond that.
Yes, this label is admittedly badly labeled. "SuSE" is some kind of a fallback, if you compile your own kernel and can't boot it anymore. This image is a copy of the SuSE default kernel.
You could check /etc/lilo.conf to see what the label "SuSE" refers to. In my case, it referred to just nothing, because I had overlooked something in the Lilo configuration in Yast during installation.... SH