-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Bryan K. Walton wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > >>>>> "J" == John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > J> Firstly, when I boot, I do not get an opportunity apply any > > J> parameters - the reference to (I think) Peter Anwin and the boot > > J> prompt do not appear - the word 'loading' and a fast moving line of > > J> dots then right into the 'init' and up comes the log-in screen. (No > > J> time to pick up my coffee mug). What have I omitted? > > > > I too have the same 'problem'. When I initially installed Debian a couple > > of months ago, that was one of the first thing that I noticed. The Debian > > boot process does not seem to give any opportunity to enter boot > > parameters, the way that Redhat does by pausing at the LILO: prompt. > > As a newbie, I have had many problems -- still trying to get X Windows to > correctly run :( -- but I found what (at least seems to me) to be a cool > fix for this problem you mention above. I installed Red Hat 6.1 (doesn't > take very long) and installed LILO on the Master Boot Record. [[[Paraphrasing the rest: didn't let Debian change the boot block]]] If you properly edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, Debian will offer the boot prompt just as RedHat does. man lilo.conf, check the mailing list archives, and read /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz for much more information. i don't know if there's a difference in the use of lilo between booting from a floppy and booting from the HD. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOBi3vL7M/9WKZLW5AQGtXQP+M8ux6ZiIIAZRQuJm1UxU/laaEmPZI6Jj qPzLze9ApRQaLS919gg6UeiSil4jhBKQziTYWI5bxKiYcrRiay+c8spp6K0zEp4B y9lF186b3xtlaUIsVGGw7qSICN2Dtn0kWIqz9jtUctdcXEGOm1h4ceXZaW0pW0G4 m0KZR+onNTM= =cBrE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
