Re: Boot prompt

From: jess (asyq96_at_dsl.pipex.net)
Date: 06/09/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 07:22:04 +0100

Hi,

I have a timeout=50.

For some reason it will not boot unless I hit the enter key at the prompt.

Could the boot partition be incorrectly configured. I did not want to
rewrite the MBR in case I lose all access to the hard drive.

I dont think it will be as simple as correcting the lilo.conf file. Have
you any ideas what would cause the timeout value not to continue booting
once expired?

If I do this to remove lilo, would I then boot directly with no prompt or
will it be unable to see the linux to boot at all?

lilo -u /dev/hda

Sorry if this is a bit basic, but there is important info on this computer
and I dont want to lose it experimenting. If I can sort out the not
automatically booting problem this computer would do for another while yet.

There was a actually a 3D in the timeout line which I have removed

timeout = 3D 50

Do I need to run lilo when I make the changes to lilo.conf? Can a dodgy
lilo.conf file cause problems or will it be safe to try this?

Thanks for your advice.

Jess

"Ron House" <house@usq.edu.au> wrote in message
news:40C52FBC.8070601@usq.edu.au...
> jess wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I start my computer, it does not get past the lilo boot prompt. So
if
> > I log in remotely and restart, the computer will not be running unless I
am
> > there to hit the enter key.
> >
> > Is it possible to have the server bypass this prompt and start
> > automatically?
>
> Have a timeout=n line in your lilo.conf global section, where n is in
> tenths of a second.
>
> --
> Ron House house@usq.edu.au
> http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/house

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