From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686; Nav) Description of problem: The installer gives OSs installed on FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 partitions the name of `dos'. This isn't correct. The DOS kernel was renamed Windows in 1995. Windows NT can also be installed on MSDOS partitions, and, oddly enough, is also called `windows'. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Red Hat on a dual boot system 2. Examing the name the installer gives to lilo to refer to OSs installed on FAT partitiions. Actual Results: It says `dos' Expected Results: It should say `windows' Additional info:
Even better, the user should be able to change the default name at install time, so one could choose "win", for instance. And people who have a plain DOS on FAT12 or FAT16 would not be forced to use "windows". Btw, "dos" is faster to type than "windows" in LILO. ;-) If you don't like it, change and re-write /etc/lilo.conf after installation.
* The user can change the amee at install time, if I remeber correctly * Lilo defaults to graphical mode on recent versions of Red Hat, so character length isn't really important. * The 99.9% of people using Windows on FAT partitions shouldn't have to change lilo.conf.
So, since the user knows exactly what kind of OS is installed on his non-Linux partitions, he's free to change the default name.
This isn't a lilo issue. Lilo uses whatever name is in the lilo.conf file. That name is put there by the install code (anaconda). I'm chaning the component and the install guys can decide if this issue merits doing anything about.
I'll mark this as an RFE. We are in a feature freeze at the moment, so I'll defer this until a future release.
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