Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 June 2006 13:39, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
>> True. But with lilo, you've got to modify the lilo.conf (or what's
>> it called?) and run lilo, don't you?
>>
>> Or can you modify the boot command line "on-the-fly" in the boot
>> menu?
>
> Of course: after selecting an entry from the lilo menu, just append the
> parameters you need to the command line (shown at lilo the prompt)
> *before* hitting enter.
> Well, no flame, but it's probably easier than with grub, where you have
> to explicitly press some key to modify the command line.
Hm - can you also *modify* the boot commands? Say, the boot command
in lilo.conf contains "vga=123" and now, for whatever reason, you
want "vga=ask" - what to do?
Alexander Skwar
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