Re: LILO boot manager

["L. C. Robinson" <lcr cyberhighway net>]

There are several boot schemes available for linux.  System
Commander is fine, but it isn't free, is it?  Choose what
works for you.  LILO is highly configurable, and can probably
do what most people want.  To get LILO to delay before booting 
the (configurable) default OS, add the following 2 lines in the
global options (top) section of /etc/lilo.conf:

prompt        # use instead of delay to force response to boot prompt
timeout = 900 # approx 1.5 minutes  

	TIMEOUT=<tsecs>  Sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for
keyboard input. If no key is pressed for the specified time, the
first image is automatically booted.

To make it so you can choose your OS with a single letter, add
the following after your "image = whatever_kernel" line:
	alias = L

or after the "other= /dev/hda?" line for dos:
	alias = d

If you don't want to have to press enter after the alias, you
might want to try the SINGLE-KEY  option (see the lilo docs for
details).

You can always boot the default kernel by simply pressing enter.

There is a compile time way to make LILO beep, too.

Don't forget to rerun lilo after making the changes to lilo.conf

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> Lilo simply isn't good enough by me for the simple fact that it provides
> no clue to the blind user about when to select the boot partition.
> Furthermore, it requres one to type in the name of the OS one is booting
> thus providing an excellent opportunity for data entry errors with no
> feedback.
> 
> Far more appealing, to me, is System Commander from V Communications. it
> sings a short little tune when it's ready for input, responds to single
> key strokes that always perform the same action
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> 
> > How are blind users deal with LILO boot manager? As far as I understand it
> > quickly stops and you need to enter your boot choice, right? Is there any
> > way to change the time delay or make LILO to stop until the ENTER key
> > pressed?

-- 
L. C. Robinson
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