bash 3.01

[Alan Cohen]

On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 21:53, John Wildberger wrote:
> John (or was it Peter) wrote:
> Here is the top part of my lilo.conf:
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> delay=200
> prompt
> default="linux"
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> timeout=100
> message=/boot/message

> I set the delay =200 with the intention to give me more time.
> I run /sbin/lilo after I edited the file.
> Rebooting the computer still showed LILO only for a very short time before the 
> boot menu was displayed. Holding the left shift key did not have any effect.

My understanding is that it's the "timeout" rather than the "delay"
which is key here. I think that the "timeout" refers to the amount of
time to leave the "boot" prompt there before LILO boots the default by
itself.
If, however, you press TAB when the "boot" prompt appears, LILO should
display a list of "labels" and then wait forever for you to choose one.

-- 
Sincerely,
Alan Cohen alan-bdq14YP6qtTV+N59fa8YiVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org voice: 416-783-9826
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