Hi Rob,

On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:00:46 +0100
"Rob J. Epping" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Pavel,
> 
> 2010/3/2 Pavel Vávra <[email protected]>:
> > Hi Jon,
> >  thank you, my LILO config is similar (I think that default timeout is set 
> > to 2 seconds, but it is not relevant. The difference between LILO and GRUB 
> > is, that GRUB displays its menu by default, but LILO waits for timeout 
> > without displaying its menu. To display LILO menu on standard console it 
> > waits for Shift key press. Then user can select item from menu and boot 
> > non-default kernel.
> >  ... and I ask if someone know how to send this "Shift pressed" event via 
> > serial console, or if any other workaround works.
> 
> I found an linuxjournal article [1] on google. which s
> 
> ------ begin quote ------
> Using the SERIAL option, LILO sets a two second delay (the same as
> when you put a delay = 20 line in the lilo.conf file) before booting
> the default kernel image. During this pause, you can interrupt the
> boot process and get the LILO prompt by sending a break to the
> terminal as you press the SHIFT key on your main console.
> ------ end quote -----
> 
> [1] <http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2040>

Mmmm, so it should work as usually. It doesn't work for me. Thank you for info, 
I'll try to change my serial console program. I use gtkterm and I think that it 
sends nothing when I press Shift key.
Thank you for info, Rob. I am going to find better console.

Pavel


> -- 
> GRTNX,
> RobJE
> 

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