Two solutions:
1. Hit the SHIFT key or the TAB key and LILO will wait for you to type a
stanza name.
2. At the top of the file /etc/lilo.conf, add the line
delay=##
replacing ## with the number of seconds you want lilo to wait. Then run lilo
so it updates the MBR.
At 03:48 PM 3/17/00 -0000, Archana Bharathidasan wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I have partitioned my Hard Disk and have
>installed Linux in one partition and Win'98
>in the other.
>When the prompt "LILO boot " appears (I have
>loaded it into the MBR) the default is Linux.
>That is I have to type DOS in 5seconds or
>so or the system boots into Linux.
>I would like to know how to change my default
>OS to Windows or at least increase the duration
>for which the system waits before automatically
>loading Linux?
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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