Re: LILO boot manager

[Luke Davis <ldavis voicenet com>]

Janina

You are simply incorrect.

(1) I believe lilo can emit a beep when it 8is ready, and even if not:
your BIOS probably already does that right before lilo appears.

(2) Data entry errors?  If you type "dos" when you really mean "linux": I
fear data entry is not your largest problem.

(3) The labels do not have to be the name of operating systems.  They can
be anything you want, including a single character.

I will say again: due to my strange hardware situation, I no longer use
lilo, but instead use loadlin.  However I used lilo quite a bit in the
past (on redhat no less), and it never gave me a bit of trouble, I never
typed a d when I really meant to type an l, and if I made an error, it
simply would not boot until I pressed one of the known options, and this
was known from the fact that the hard drive would not be moving.

On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> 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
> 
> Now this may trouble Linux purists. But I'm interested in access, not in
> religious purity.
> 
> 
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Information Systems Research & Development
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> janina afb net
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Victor Tsaran wrote:
> 
> > Hello, listers!
> > 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?
> > Regards,
> > Vic
> > 
> > 
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