Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:19:02 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: LILO (fwd) |
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On Wed, Aug 20, 1997 at 09:51:18PM +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote: > Darin Johnson wrote: > > (I'd also like to see a bootmanager style menu, > > For a menu with LILO you need two things: > > - the MESSAGE file > - the SINGLE-KEY option > > You can easily hack a little script that converts the output of lilo -q > into a nice-looking menu that's written to the messages file. Put that > script instead of /sbin/lilo and let it run the real /sbin/lilo at the > end. > > Okay, you still don't get a cursor bar, boot-time configuration editing, > etc. > [----------stuff snipped-----------] > > - Werner >
For a bootloader that _does_ give you a cool curser, and the option of changing the command line at boot, etc. you should try out chos. It is free, and available at sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Linux-Boot
-Erik
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