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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