Re: 80 MB ram in debian system

[Steve Mayer <smayer@rtd.com>]

Kirk,

  When you first see LILO appear on the screen, hit the left shift key. 
You should get the boot: prompt.

Steve Mayer
smayer@rtd.com

Kirk Hilliard wrote:
> 
> [Concerning passing boot parameter with a boot disk.]
> 
> Ossama Othman <othman@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu> writes:
> > If you are just starting out and don't want to mess around
> > with configuration files or just want to experiment, you can manually
> > enter "mem=80M" (don't type the quotes) or whatever amount of RAM you have
> > at the "boot:" line.  You would have to do this each time you boot.  That
> > would be equivalent to 'append="mem=80M"' in your lilo.conf file.  LILO
> > really is the better way to go, as Alex pointed out.
> 
> How do I get the the "boot:" prompt?  I remember seeing it a while
> back, but now the first thing that I see is "Loading...".
> 
> Kirk Hilliard
> 
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