Blars Blarson wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Is there some magic way of entering text at the lilo prompt? I've tried > >typing > >during the brief pause when it says LILO but no text appears and booting just > >continues after the pause. > > The default debian lilo configuration does not prompt. Add "prompt" > and possbily timeout to your /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo. See the > lilo.conf man page for details.
Right, the problem is I don't have access to my system - it hangs during boot... so I can't rely on getting a prompt with the above method. Thanks for the info though, it's useful. > Acording to the lilo man page, it should be posibly to get a prompt by > hitting shift at the proper moment. I've never done this. That's what I thought but I've had no luck yet. I'll check out the man page, thanks. alex -- Now playing: Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
