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If you look at the /etc/lilo.conf file you will see a timeout=xx value and default=label. xx is tenths of seconds so 100 = 10 seconds. If the default is set to a linux then it will automatically boot after the default time period.
If you orginally configured lilo during the install for a graphical menu then not sure why its not working. You can try to rewrite lilo and see what happens.
I checked lilo.conf, and Linux was set as the default. Timeout was set as 100.
I never realised that it would automatically boot into the default after a certain amount of time.
So I changed Timeout to 50 (as I dont want to wait 10 secs), and saved the file.
When the computer starts, it goes to the boot prompt, and does nothing. I have to type in Linux to make it boot into Linux. It doesn't automatically do it.
It didn't automatically do it before I changed the file either.
My 9.2 automatically boots to graphical and logs me on.
I went to Mandrake control center "Boot" tab then in the "system mode" section I selected "Launch graphical environment when system starts" and the "Yes I want to autologin with this user"
You have probably already done this but just in case, thats how I got mine to work.
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