lilo help

[hnugz]

I am using lilo as the bootloader which is apparently the default for knoppix and I am trying to configure it.  I want to set the default load time to something other than 5 seconds.

I am editing lilo.conf and I have set the delay to 200.  I assume this would make it wait 20 seconds before.  I make sure to also run the lilo file in sbin.  The countdown never changes.  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a way to not let it boot at all unless I tell it to?

[flap]

If you're trying to set "delay", you should be setting "timeout".

[hm_murdock]

What does delay do?

[flap]

Actually I think I made that up after a cursory look at the man page. I don't know what I'm talking about.

Still, I'd suggest you try it anyway. I see my lilo.conf (which I don't use) has only a timeout value, and no delay. Make sure the word "prompt" is in your lilo.conf if you're going to use that.

[hm_murdock]

I used to know how to use lilo, but that was way back in the Red Hat 5 days (the bad old days). Nowadays, I'm all about grub.

[worker201]

http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lilo-cfg.html

If timeout is set to zero, lilo will wait forever for you to make a choice.