Re: LILO Problem - Interactive Boot Selection

[Jake Colman <colman ppllc com>]

>>>>> "JJD" == John J Donohue <jdonohue mcallen lib tx us> writes:

    JJD> On 31 Aug 1999, 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:
    JJD> <deleted>

    JJD> Umm, you DID remember to run /sbin/lilo after you edited
    JJD> /etc/lilo.conf, to put the changes into effect?

Yup, I did.  But I did double-check just to make sure.  So I ran /sbin/lilo
again, it indicated that it wrote it and I rebooted.  It still won't pause -
even if I press the SHIFT button.

What now?!

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