Ok, I'm nearly sure I'm using grub. Next question, How do I get the boot loader to default to Windows again so I can get rid of mandrake and install Red Hat. Remember, although I have a screen reader for windows I have yet to install one for Linux. Thanks Darragh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: Re: booting options > Well, it turns out I had some time to look at grub's documentation. I > still don't find grub as useful to a blind user as lilo is. Here's why. > > 1.) Yes, the documentation does say that one can get a Ctrl-G with the > pause command, but then you must always act to continue the boot. As > things stand for me with lilo, I can choose when I hear my two beeps--or > let the system go ahead and boot the default unattended. Since my bios is > set to automatically restart in the event of power failure, I have full > confidence that my system will come up to default settings even when I'm > away. And, when I'm present, I can choose nondefault ones, if I wish. > Pause would not give me this flexibility. > > 2.) It is unfortunate that command line mode is only available by user > intervention, or by the lack of a configuration file. I would prefer that > it could be specified as a user preference. > > Yes, grub has some lovely features. But, it's quite clear to me the grub > team had no input from anyone regarding the needs of our community. > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >