Re: Lilo booting

[Carl Privitt <cprivitt@granite.sage.net>]

> Is there a way to make like a menu that appears when i start my computer
> that asks me which OS (win95/linux) i would like to go to ?

 Yes.  You use 2 options in your lilo.conf file to make this happen:
 "message" and "timeout".  The message option tells LILO to automatically
 display a file's contents at boot; the timeout option keeps LILO from
 waiting forever for a keyboard response.  Here is my lilo.conf and my
 message file:

--------------- cut here ------------------------- lilo.conf -------------
## LILO configuration file
boot    = /dev/hda           # MBR
compact                      # faster
vga     = normal             # force sane state
ramdisk = 0                  # paranoia setting
prompt                       # give me a choice
timeout = 100                # 10 seconds
message = /boot/startup-msg  # onscreen instructions
# 
## Which image boots after timeout?
default = 3
# 
## default Debian kernel
image = /vmlinuz-deb
  root   = /dev/hda1
  label  = 1
  read-only
# 
## trimmed down kernel w/CD-ROM
image = /vmlinuz-206
  root   = /dev/hda1
  label  = 2
  append = "hdc=cdrom"
  read-only
## latest stable w/CD-ROM
image = /vmlinuz-229
  root   = /dev/hda1
  label  = 3
  append = "hdc=cdrom"
  read-only
--------------- cut here ------------------------- lilo.conf -------------


--------------- cut here ------------------------- boot screen  ----------
[control-L]
   Host.Domain.Name boot selection:

     1 - Linux 2.0.6, default Debian kernel
     2 - Linux 2.0.6, stable (with CD-ROM)
     3 - Linux 2.0.29, latest w/CD-ROM

   You have 10 seconds to make a choice, after which option #2 will
   automatically be chosen.
--------------- cut here ------------------------- boot screen  ----------


 The ^L forces a screen clear.

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Carl Privitt / cprivitt@sage.net / 817-778-7722 / SageNet Systems Administrator