hi mark, i did think of this, but unfortunately there's no "message" directive in /etc/lilo.conf. i tend to eliminate stuff that that from my system.
it's been so long since the change took place that i hardly remember what the old interface looked like. pete begin: Mark K. Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > Perhaps it's using the "message" option? From `man lilo.conf`: > > message= message-file > specifies a file containing a message that is dis- > played before the boot prompt. No message is dis- > played while waiting for a shifting key after > printing "LILO ". In the message, the FF character > ([Ctrl L]) clears the local screen. The size of the > message file is limited to 65535 bytes. The map > file has to be rebuilt if the message file is > changed or moved. > > The message file understands ANSI escape sequences for changing colors, so > that would explain the red text. > > On my system, LILO says "Welcome to Mark's system. Please don't do > anything I wouldn't do." > > -Mark > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > hi there, > > > > awhile ago, the lilo interface on woody changed. these days, it clears the > > screen and shows a red menu of all the kernels that are available to boot. > > > > i'd like to change this back to the original "vintage" interface, which was > > just plain text, no screen clears, no red menus. > > > > anyone have any idea if the old interface is still available? > > > > pete > > > > -- > > PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D > > PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > -- > Mark K. Kim > http://www.cbreak.org/mark/ > PGP key available upon request. > > > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- PGP Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D PGP Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
