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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: hnugz on 1 September 2004, 21:19

Title: lilo help
Post by: hnugz on 1 September 2004, 21:19

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?

Title: lilo help
Post by: flap on 1 September 2004, 21:53

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

Title: lilo help
Post by: hm_murdock on 1 September 2004, 22:55

What does delay do?

Title: lilo help
Post by: flap on 1 September 2004, 23:33

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.

Title: lilo help
Post by: hm_murdock on 2 September 2004, 00:59

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.

Title: lilo help
Post by: worker201 on 3 September 2004, 03:27

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