Re: [LIH] regarding lilo conf

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Tuesday 24 April 2001 15:30, kathiresan j wrote:
> How do i increase the timeout setting at the lilo prompt before linux
> boots up..i tried the timeout setting in /etc/lilo.conf..but it has no
> effect

May be you didn't run lilo after you make changes. You need to run it 
explicitly.

Try as root

# /sbin/lilo -v

 And reboot. You will see the effect(given that you have changed the 
/etc/lilo.conf to desired settings.)

HTH

 Shridhar

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