Hi, last one note: it is not neccessary to change gtkterm. Gtk term send "break" by pressing Ctrl-B, as I found in its menu. Thank you again, Rob for pointing me to the right article.
Pavel On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:43:57 +0100 Pavel Vávra <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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