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    so i should just comment it off

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    talk to the man...

    man lilo.conf

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    whats that do (before i do it)

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    man is short for manual page - most UNIX like machines will have it (if it has not got the man pages, is it really UNIX? ) Anyway, you can use page up / down to scroll through the material, and shift Q to quit and return to your shell. try man man for the man page on man pages.

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    So to answer your question - (as if you did not already guess) man lilo.conf will give you the man page for lilo.conf. It has some good stuff in there, and I think (from a cursory scan at the timeout and prompt settings descriptions in that man page) that you should find what you are looking for.
    Last edited by kermit; 10-16-2004 at 09:50 PM.

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    I usually use KWrite to edit those kinds of files. Just go into the shell and type su, then enter the root password, then type kwrite /etc/lilo.conf . It's a lot easier than using emacs, but it's good to learn emacs though.
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    thnx guys

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    check these sites out for linux
    http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/
    http://www.tldp.org/tldp-redirect.php?url=/
    i would install slackware 10.
    it has a bunch of new upgrades kde, gcc, etc.
    this will prevent having to upgrade them later.
    slackware kicks major @$$, so i think you will enjoy it.
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    supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
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