Hmmm ... I can't remember if it's Ctrl-X or Alt-X -- But, if you haven't replaced the default /boot/message file, you have to do this to get to a command prompt. I don't remember which it is because I always replace my /boot/message with a file like the one attached. Part of the reason is the Ctrl-G chars that beep the speaker to let me know I'm at the lilo boot> prompt. PS: Can you attach your lilo.conf so we can see if there's anything else? 5 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > Hi, > > I do have a '/etc/grub.conf'. Also, I've installed a file based on > Janina's '/lilo.conf'. I ran lilo after creating it. Now, I can only > boot my default. I have 'prompt' and 'timeout'. When I hear the "lilo" > message, I hit 'shift', then 'win', for instance, and my default Linux > partition boots, anyway. > > I'm still missing something, > > -Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
