Setting delay and timeout for lilo

[Frank Taplin]

I want to know what I can set the delay and timeout settings in lilo to so that it waits until I select the OS that I want to boot into. It gets to be kind of a pain if I don't hit the key fast enough and it starts to boot into linux when I want to use windows.

[camelrider]

The timeout value is in tenths of a second. The default is 50, or five seconds. You could change the line in /etc/lilo.conf which reads "timeout=50" to read "timeout=150" for a fifteen-second break.

[Frank Taplin]

I'm wanting to set it for an indefinite wait. I know with the boot.ini for 2000 you set the timeout priod for a negative number and you get an infinite wait. Does it do the same for lilo?

[ssadams]

Originally posted by Frank Taplin:
<STRONG>I'm wanting to set it for an indefinite wait. I know with the boot.ini for 2000 you set the timeout priod for a negative number and you get an infinite wait. Does it do the same for lilo?</STRONG>
shure make shure the line prompt is in lilo.conf and delete the timeout line

[MandK_10]

You must run lilo before changes take affect. just type lilo at command propt as root or su.

[Frank Taplin]

works great now. Thanks.