Hi gang - On the matter of the lilo prompt, I have tailored my lilo configuration to give me a beep when it is ready for my intervention, then wait two seconds before going into its default choice. I am using a Doubletalk internal card, and this method works great for me. For those who are interested, I include a copy of my configuration below. Hopefully you can separate the weed from the chaff. The file called "boot.msg" is a one-liner which contains the ascii bell character (ascii 7 or ^G) along with the following text: Default or l for Linux, r for Rescue, d for DOS Now, here is the lilo configuration file: # LILO configuration file # generated by 'liloconfig' # # Start LILO global section boot = /dev/hda compact # faster, but won't work on all systems. prompt timeout = 20 message = /boot/boot.msg vga = normal # force sane state ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting # End LILO global section # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz root = /dev/hda3 label = l read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking # Linux bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz root = /dev/hda2 label = r read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking # Linux bootable partition config ends # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/hda1 label = d table = /dev/hda # DOS bootable partition config ends ---------- Hope this helps someone... Chuck. My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh Keep grandma off the streets -- legalize bingo.
