Ah.  I did see the stuff about a message file but wasn't sure of the format,
I guess it has no format.  Thanks for tying my loose ends up.

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u wrote:
>Take a look at /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz ... seach for "MESSAGE" and
>"PROMPT".  Essentially (according to the manual),  you do
>
>MESSAGE="filename"
>PROMPT
>
>Where filename is a file containing a message you want printed before the
>boot: prompt,  I guess something like
>
>-------------------------------------------
>       Welcome to My Computer
>
>When you see "boot:", enter either
>
>       Win          for Windows95
>       Linux        for Linux
>       MacOs        if you're into fruit 
>--------------------------------------------
>
>etc.etc.etc..  There's also a way to get it to clear the screen first.
>
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