Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > On Wednesday 21 June 2006 13:39, Alexander Skwar wrote: > >> True. But with lilo, you've got to modify the lilo.conf (or what's >> it called?) and run lilo, don't you? >> >> Or can you modify the boot command line "on-the-fly" in the boot >> menu? > > Of course: after selecting an entry from the lilo menu, just append the > parameters you need to the command line (shown at lilo the prompt) > *before* hitting enter. > Well, no flame, but it's probably easier than with grub, where you have > to explicitly press some key to modify the command line.
Hm - can you also *modify* the boot commands? Say, the boot command in lilo.conf contains "vga=123" and now, for whatever reason, you want "vga=ask" - what to do? Alexander Skwar -- "Then you admit confirming not denying you ever said that?" "NO! ... I mean Yes! WHAT?" "I'll put `maybe.'" -- Bloom County -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list