7898 – lilo is missing 'timeout' in example config

Bug 7898 - lilo is missing 'timeout' in example config

Summary: lilo is missing 'timeout' in example config

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Donny Davies (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-09-13 20:37 UTC by Matt Prall
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Matt Prall 2002-09-13 20:37:08 UTC

when you emerge lilo it puts an example config in /etc, it says "delay=50" but
that is incorrect and should be "timeout=50".

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-13 21:04:56 UTC

no ... delay is a valid option
what is missing is a timeout line ...
but that depends ... lilo will boot without a timeout line (i think) ... i just 
dont know what the default timeout value is ...

<snip http://home.san.rr.com/johninsd/pub/linux/lilo/sample/lilo.sample.conf>
# We always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout

prompt
timeout=150

# 
# If a LOCKed command line, or pre-stored command line is present
# delay 3 seconds to allow cancellation with the Shift key

delay=30
</snip>

Comment 2 Matt Prall 2002-09-13 21:17:40 UTC

Oh I didnt realize that, sorry. Actually it doesnt boot, it requires the user to
hit enter to boot the distro, just a suggestion, you might want to add that in.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-09-13 21:44:11 UTC

you are correct that it should be in there though ;)