Re: LILO Problem - Interactive Boot Selection

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

Run 'lilo' after changing /etc/lilo.conf.  Otherwise
it won't notice the change.

Also, your delay and timeout are only 4 and 5 seconds 
- 30 seconds might better for now.

Jake Colman wrote:
> 
> I just created a new kernel and I want to interactively select whether to
> boot the new kernel or the old kernel.  As I understand it, I should either be able
> to automatically get a prompt where I can type a kernel name or, if I press a
> key, manually force the prompt.  Neither seems to work for me.
> 
> Here is my /etc/lilo.conf:
> 
> $ cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> delay=40
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
>         label=linux
>         root=/dev/hda6
>         read-only
> image=/boot/zImage-2.2.12-1
>         label=2.2.12-1
>         root=/dev/hda6
>         read-only

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Jan Carlson  janc iname com  Scarborough, Ontario, Canada