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Booting and Boot Managers
### LILO other system section (Windows)
other = /dev/hda1 # Windows partition
label = windows
### LILO memory test section (memtest)
image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
Anything between a # and the end of a line is regarded as a comment.
Spaces and comments are ignored by LILO and can be used to improve
readability. The entries in the above sample file include mandatory options,
which are explained in the list below, and others that are described in Sec-
tion 8.5.2 on the preceding page.
Global section (Parameter part)
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boot=bootdevice
The device on which the first sector of LILO should be installed.
bootdevice may be a floppy disk drive (/dev/fd0), a parti-
tion (e.g., /dev/hdb3), or an entire disk (e.g., /dev/hda). In
the last case, LILO would be installed in the MBR. If this option
is missing, LILO is installed on the current root partition by de-
fault.
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lba32
With this option, ignore the 1024-cylinder limit of LILO if your
BIOS supports this.
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prompt
Forces display of the LILO prompt. The default is not to display
any prompt (see Section 8.5.2 on the facing page, option delay).
This is recommended if LILO needs to manage more than one
system. It should be used together with the timeout option
to guarantee that the default system is automatically booted if
nothing is entered at the prompt.
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timeout=deciseconds Sets a time-out for selecting an operat-
ing system to boot. The default system is booted after the time-
out if there is no user input. The deciseconds value specifies
the time-out in tenths of a second. Pressing




Shift or the arrow
keys disables the time-out, causing LILO to wait for further user
input. The default time-out is set to 80 (8 seconds).
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