[Westwales] Triple boot?

[Jonathan West]

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, John Richards wrote:

> Jon
> 
> > When you install a distro you will get an option which os to make the
> > default so you can make windows the default and when you want to run linux
> > just run the cursor down to linux in the initial boot screen and you are
> > away
> 
> Thank for your help. Is this the case with all distributions? It looks as if
> it could suit my purposes quite well, particularly if one can set the
> default delay short (2-3 seconds), which I would imagine one should be able
> to do.
> 
> It just remains then to take a Ghost Image of my present setup (just in case
> of the unforeseen!) and have a go, I suppose.
> 
> I would prefer it though if it were possible to have all three options in
> one menu, I think. Or the Linux boot either from floppy or CD.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> John
John,
With the graphical interface for lilo which is the default for Red hat you 
get a list of installed OS's and you just highlight which one you want to 
load ( with the down arrow key), if you just leave it to boot the one you 
set as default boots up.
you can set the delay to what you want in /etc/lilo.conf  remembering to 
run ( as root) /sbin/lilo after any changes
Cheers
Jon