lilo

nautilus_1987 · 11-02-2002, 03:50 PM

Hi
Maybe I repeating.....sorry in advance

I an not going to compile my kernel in soon time, so practically I won't need LILO booting every time. I wan to close it:
Can I do it commenting 'prompt' line in lilo.conf and setting timeout=1 (if I'll need that)?
ideas?

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2002, 04:10 PM

what do you mean "every time"?? just leave it there, it's always useful incase something goes wrong. wether you are going to compile a kernel or not is pretty irrelevant.

nautilus_1987 · 11-02-2002, 04:27 PM

Acid I just want to hide LILO for a some weeks. How can I do it?

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2002, 04:37 PM

hide? well set the timeout to zero then... or change the boot message to be text, it'll at least look a lot more subtle. but like i said, you should *always* be able to get into lilo in case of problems

nautilus_1987 · 11-02-2002, 04:45 PM

I am wondering if commenting 'prompt' line will help?

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2002, 04:50 PM

tried reading the manpage??

nautilus_1987 · 11-02-2002, 05:23 PM

Right now once again I have read the man........You mean I can comment 'prompt' or 'timeout'?

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2002, 05:25 PM

look, the manpage says that without prompt it will instantly boot to the default. but that is a pretty dumb thing to do, especially for a newbie like yourself.

lopezjo49 · 11-02-2002, 05:27 PM

man lilo.conf

/delay

delay=tsecs
Specifies the number of tenths of a second the boot loader should wait before booting the first image. This is useful on systems that immediately boot from the hard disk after enabling the keyboard. The boot loader doesn't wait if `delay' is omitted or is set to zero.

suggest you make a boot disk for future

nautilus_1987 · 11-02-2002, 05:42 PM

I think you cannot get my idea.......anyway thnx

acid_kewpie · 11-02-2002, 05:46 PM

the idea that you want to lock yourself out of your system...?

nautilus_1987 · 11-03-2002, 03:13 AM

uhhhhhh....
Ok here it is:
If you ever seen winbloze it starts automatically after BIOS initializes all hardware, blahblah (I think you know this routine) So I want Linux to start the same way.....

moses · 11-03-2002, 04:49 AM

edit your /etc/lilo.conf file and comment out any reference to a delay,
prompt, or timeout, and when you are done with that, run /sbin/lilo

from the man page:
(man lilo.conf)

Code:

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delay=<tsecs>
              Specifies the number of tenths of a second the boot
              loader should wait before automatically  booting  a
              locked  command  line, a command line pre-stored by
              "lilo -R", or the  default  `image='  or  `other='.
              When `delay' is non-zero, the boot loader will wait
              for an interrupt for the specified interval. If  an
              interrupt  is  received, or is already waiting, the
              boot: prompt will be be issued,  and  no  automatic
              boot  will  take place. The setting of CAPS LOCK or
              SCROLL LOCK, or any  of  the  keys  ALT,  CTRL,  or
              SHIFT, when held down, are taken as interrupts.

              This action is modified by specifying `prompt' (see
              below).
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       prompt Automatic booting (see `delay' above) will not take
              place unless a locked  or  pre-stored  ("lilo  -R")
              command  line  is present. Instead, the boot loader
              will issue the boot: prompt and wait for user input
              before  proceeding (see timeout below).  Unattended
              default image reboots are impossible if `prompt' is
              set  and  `timeout' is not, or the default image is
              password  protected  at   a   higher   level   than
              `restricted'.
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       timeout=<tsecs>
              sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for keyboard
              input  at  the  boot:  prompt.   "timeout" only has
              meaning if "prompt" is mentioned.   If  no  key  is
              pressed  for  the specified time, the default image
              is automatically booted.  The  default  timeout  is
              infinite.

nautilus_1987 · 11-03-2002, 05:17 AM

Yes that's the thing I wanted to hear to make sure I am right...thnx Moses and everyone else

jtshaw · 11-04-2002, 10:46 AM

Just so you know, Windows doesn't just boot immediatly after bios, it goes through it's own boot loader but covers it with a graphic. A good idea is probably to cover yours with a graphic (like you said you wanted to in a previous post). Get ride of prompt, and make a short delay (but not 0). That way if you do have a problem you can hit tab and boot off another kernel if you wish.

As was said before, it is very dangerous to not leave yourself any way of getting into lilo and doing something manually.....

John