Lilo boot timeout

Ben Russo ben at muppethouse.com
Mon Nov 22 19:54:41 UTC 2004


Gustavo Seabra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have installed FC3 in a laptop computer  with WinXP. Everything is 
> okay, but for one thing: During boot, the system only gives us a couple 
> of seconds to hit enter before it goes ahead and starts linux. If we are 
> fast enough to hit enter in this time, we get the choice menu.
> 
> Is there a way to increase the time we have to choose?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gustavo.

Yes, in /etc/lilo.conf
Although when you say lilo I think you probably might mean GRUB
in which case the file is in /boot/grub/grub.conf.

If it is /etc/lilo.conf then after you edit the file you have to re-run 
"lilo"

If it is grub.conf you do not need to run anything after editing the file.

-Ben.




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