Lilo boot timeout

Gustavo Seabra seabra at ksu.edu
Mon Nov 22 21:42:53 UTC 2004


Ben Russo wrote:

> 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.
>
Thanks!

Gustavo.


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