Subj : Re: LILO timeout not changing
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Micke
Date : Fri Jul 02 2004 08:57 pm

Max wrote:

> I have slackware 10 installed on my machine, by default they set lilo
> timeout at 120, so every time my computer boots it sits there for 2 mins
> if I don't select anything. I edited my /etc/lilo.conf so that the
> timeout is at 5, but every time I reboot it still shows 2 mins. Is there
> something else I need to do?

You need to run lilo. If you only change things in /etc/lilo.conf nothing
will happen until you have updated it by running lilo.

Micke

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