conf file:
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux
boot=/dev/hda
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map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
linear
image=/boot/vmlinuz-18-1.2798.fc6
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
append=???root=LABEL=/???
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label=dos
With prompt on, the boot prompt appears when the system is booted without requiring you to
press any keys. The timeout value, in this case 50 tenths of a second (5 seconds), defines how long
to wait for keyboard input before booting the default boot image. The boot line indicates that the
bootable partition is on the hard disk represented by /dev/hda (the first IDE hard disk).
Depending upon the distribution, ???hda??? may be ???sda???. If you are using LILO, the odds
are good that you are using an older Linux implementation and thus hda is shown in the
example and used in this discussion.
The map line indicates the location of the map file (/boot/map, by default). The map file contains
the name and locations of bootable kernel images. The install line indicates that the /boot/boot.b
file is used as the new boot sector. The message line tells LILO to display the contents of the
/boot/message file when booting (which contains the graphical Fedora boot screen).
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