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- From: rbraun@spdcc.com (Rich Braun)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: HELP --- LILO won't let me select other OS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.191328.21922@spdcc.com>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 19:13:28 GMT
- References: <mclennan.724652667@puff.socsci.umn.edu>
- Organization: Jupiter Technology Inc., Waltham MA
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- harry@atlas.socsci.umn.edu (Kuo-Chen Chang) writes:
- >Hi, netters!
- >
- >I just updated to LILO 7.0. The new version won't give me any chance to
- >select other OS. (CUrrently I have LINUX, DOS and OS2.) I followed
- >all instructions. I'll be very appreciated for any resolution,
- >suggestion.
-
- Works for me, though I confess it took a lot of code-reading to figure
- out how the heck to pick the O/S at boot time. (Please, whomever
- updates the README file, mention the Shift/Ctrl/Alt key business. And
- even better would be a standard option in the code to display a
- multiple-select menu at boot time, rather than requiring the user to
- know some obscure keystroke in advance. I'm posting rather than emailing
- in hopes of benefiting others struggling with LILO.)
-
- Did you use the "-d" (delay) option to delay boot? If you don't, it won't
- give you much (any?) chance to press Shift at boot time. I set the delay
- to 2 seconds (-d20), with msdos as the first O/S in the list so it's the
- default.
-
- -rich
-