On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 20:52:04 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 12:25:05 -0700, Leonid Isaev via arch-general >wrote: >>What are those ctrl-* characters (like ^Q)? > >Ok, the config isn't entirely self-explaining ;). The ^ marks the >hotkey. In this case pushing the q-key without the Ctrl-key directly >boots the particular Linux install. Oops, no, the hotkey does select the menu entry, to boot I still need to enter, but IIRC it's also possible to configure syslinux to directly boot after pushing the hotkey. >It's also possible to select a menu entry by using the cursor up and >down keys instead of using the hotkey.