Re: Lilo menu?
Tim Bates wrote:
>
> Hi people.
>
> What's the go with LILO supplied with Debian 3.0? I cant get it to boot
> anything other than what it comes with. What's the trick? Where am I going
> wrong?
>
> I added the new kernel I made to /boot/ and the added a section for it to
> lilo.conf. I run lilo, it says it's added it, but when I reboot Im greeted
> with a "LILO 22.2" message and then after the delay time is reached (tested
> by upping to 200) it boots the default option (havent tried changing default
> to see what happens).
>
> All I want to do is have the standard Boot: prompt or a simple menu. For the
> life of me, I cant find anything about what it's doing. Anyone know what to
> do with it? I need to test my kernel (since it's a scary bugger needing
> satellite and tv tuner drivers among other things).
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Tim Bates
>
You may need the "prompt" option in /etc/lilo.conf, and then I think the
<TAB> key at the prompt will display the choices. But also read over the
man page for lilo.conf, especially about the install= option which you
can use to bring up a menu automatically.
If in doubt, post the contents of your /etc/lilo.conf file
Tom
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