Lilo vs. KVM vs. Hotplug

dave201 · 02-24-2006, 05:20 PM

Ok so i just got a new belkin kvm.
this is it <<http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=164030>>

I have one of the ports running to my windows PC, which works fine. The other port, which is 1 usb cable, going to my linux box. Problem is...linux doesnt pick up the usb. Since it only used 1 usb for both keyboard and mouse.

So...

How do I make lilo auto-load linux (give no menu at boot) and thus load hotplug.. (i'm hoping hotplug will pick up the keyboard and mouse to 1 usb thing). And... will this work? or am i SOL switching between ps2 keyboards and such.

pljvaldez · 02-24-2006, 06:24 PM

Code:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
lba32
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-0.43.6
	label=linux
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.0-0.43.6.img
	read-only
	root=/dev/hda5

other=/dev/hda1
	label=dos

In the above code, the lines you need to worry about are setting a default to boot to (which is your linux) and then setting a timeout (50 ==> 5 seconds). After that it should autoboot linux...