From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16NHVx-00069g-00 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2002 12:55:21 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g06Ht0W19052 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:55:00 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:55:00 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: sample "lilo.conf", anyone? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hmmm ... I can't remember if it's Ctrl-X or Alt-X -- But, if you haven't replaced the default /boot/message file, you have to do this to get to a command prompt. I don't remember which it is because I always replace my /boot/message with a file like the one attached. Part of the reason is the Ctrl-G chars that beep the speaker to let me know I'm at the lilo boot> prompt. PS: Can you attach your lilo.conf so we can see if there's anything else? 5 Jan 2002, Dave Hunt wrote: > Hi, > > I do have a '/etc/grub.conf'. Also, I've installed a file based on > Janina's '/lilo.conf'. I ran lilo after creating it. Now, I can only > boot my default. I have 'prompt' and 'timeout'. When I hear the "lilo" > message, I hit 'shift', then 'win', for instance, and my default Linux > partition boots, anyway. > > I'm still missing something, > > -Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org