Hi! Ben Pfaff (pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu), "Re: Default LILO config -- prompt and timeout": > Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes: > > I think we should change the default LILO config to prompt the > user (so they don't have to hit shift to get a LILO prompt) > and then time out in a reasonable value, say 7 seconds. ... > timeout=70 > I agree with the `prompt' part, but 7 seconds is IMO too long. 2 > seconds is more reasonable IMO and is the current value IIRC. I think using timeout is *evil* - especialy if you're using a small value as 2 seconds. Last time I checked, LILO used this timeout for *each* character to type - It wasn't sufficient to hit a key within the first 2 seconds after the Boot: prompt appeared. You need to type "fast" (.5 char/sec :-). You don't have the time to think about which syntax option foo has. Or did LILO's behvior change? Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB
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