Re: Urgent :Dual boot Debian+Mandrake with lilo

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Vijaya S wrote:

> Exactly i dont get the prompt..how do i get it back?
>
> Kent West wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Vijaya S wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > lba32
> > > boot=/dev/hda
> > > root=/dev/hda3
> > > install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> > > map=/boot/map
> > > menu-title=" Demo machine"
> > > delay=20
> > > vga=normal
> > > default=debian
> > >      
Right about this area, add the two lines:


prompt
timeout=50

This will cause the menu to appear, and will give you 5 seconds (50 
deciseconds) to make a choice before the default image is booted.

> > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4
> > >       label="debian"
> > >       root=/dev/hda3
> > >       read-only
> > >
> > > image=/mandrake/boot/vmlinuz
> > >       label="Mandrake"
> > >       root=/dev/hda1
> > >       initrd=/mandrake/boot/initrd.img
> > >       read-only
> > >      

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Kent