Kirk, When you first see LILO appear on the screen, hit the left shift key. You should get the boot: prompt.
Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kirk Hilliard wrote: > > [Concerning passing boot parameter with a boot disk.] > > Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If you are just starting out and don't want to mess around > > with configuration files or just want to experiment, you can manually > > enter "mem=80M" (don't type the quotes) or whatever amount of RAM you have > > at the "boot:" line. You would have to do this each time you boot. That > > would be equivalent to 'append="mem=80M"' in your lilo.conf file. LILO > > really is the better way to go, as Alex pointed out. > > How do I get the the "boot:" prompt? I remember seeing it a while > back, but now the first thing that I see is "Loading...". > > Kirk Hilliard > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
