lilo timeout

stickfun · 04-13-2005, 07:15 PM

how do you change it from the default 2 minutes?

also, how do you find out how much HD space is taken up?

ahwkong · 04-13-2005, 07:50 PM

1) man lilo.conf

and you see description about 'delay'

2) du

gbonvehi · 04-13-2005, 07:54 PM

Open /etc/lilo.conf and take a look at the line that says: timeout = 2000 change it to timeout = 10 for 10 seconds.
To see how much directory takes use du as ahwkong said, if you want to know about different mounted partitions use df. It's recommended to use df -h and du -h so bytes values are translated into MB and GB making it easier to read

stickfun · 04-13-2005, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
Open /etc/lilo.conf and take a look at the line that says: timeout = 2000 change it to timeout = 10 for 10 seconds.

i've already tried that and it doesn't work. the timer still starts at 2:00 at the lilo menu

thanks for the df tip though

ahwkong · 04-13-2005, 08:45 PM

rememeber to run 'lilo' after you change lilo.conf

gbonvehi · 04-13-2005, 10:54 PM

Yes, you've run lilo to apply the changes like ahwkong said, by the way, to delay 10 seconds it should be timeout = 100 NOT 10 (my mistake) as the time is taken in deciseconds.