Subj : Re: LILO timeout not changing
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Gerard Wassink
Date : Fri Jul 02 2004 10:52 pm

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 15:42:16 -0400, Max scribbled:

> 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?

yep.

after you change the config file, you have to run lilo as root to make the
changes effective.

HTH

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