Re: LILO Problem - Interactive Boot Selection

[Dave Reed <dreed capital edu>]

Did you re-run lilo after edition lilo.conf?

Below is my lilo.conf.
It stops and prompts me.  If I don't press any keys within 5 seconds,
the first image is automatically loaded.  Within those 5 seconds, I
can choose any of the labels and it will load the corresponding
OS/version.

Dave


boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12
        label=linux
        root=/dev/hda3
        read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.11
        label=linux-2.2.11
        root=/dev/hda3
        read-only
other=/dev/hda1
        label=win95
        table=/dev/hda
image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=linux-2.0
        root=/dev/hda3
        read-only



> From: Jake Colman <colman ppllc com>
> 
> 
> 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