Nice clear review, Jeff. On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 03:30:40PM -0500, Jeff Sheinberg wrote: > o The default lilo configuration makes it impossible to > interactive with lilo at boot time. This is really a poor > choice for the default. Instead, the default lilo > configuration should contain these commands in the lilo.conf > file, > > prompt > timeout 300
Just press CapsLock or ScrollLock (or hold down Shift) before LILO runs to get a "LILO: " prompt. However, forcing a prompt by default does seems a little friendlier. I think 30 seconds is excessive - two seconds is fine even for my diminished reaction speeds. > In addition, the custom boot floppy takes about 90 seconds to > be read when it is booted, compared to only 30 seconds for the > rescue.bin boot floppy. Since the rescue.bin image is used to That sounds like a problem with the floppy's interleave factor. Can you try a more conservative interleave? What was the interleave on the rescue floppy? Regards, Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
