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I installed Mandrake linux 8.0.  The installation went as well as could
be expected (the video card is really old which caused problems with X
configuration), but when I boot the system, lilo doesn't time out.

I have made sure I have a non-zero timeout (timeout=100), and run
/sbin/lilo to install the configuration.  But I still have to be there
to hit return before linux will boot.

Any ideas?

Here is my /etc/lilo.conf file:

boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-20mdk
        label=old_linux
        root=/dev/sda1
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.3-20mdk.img
        read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3-20mdk
        label=old1_failsafe
        root=/dev/sda1
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.3-20mdk.img
        append=" failsafe"
        read-only
other=/dev/fd0
        label=floppy
        unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=linux
        root=/dev/sda1
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img
        read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=failsafe
        root=/dev/sda1
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img
        append=" failsafe"
        read-only

Which says:

prompt
The boot loader will issue the boot: prompt and wait for user input before
proceeding (see timeout below). Unattended reboots are impossible if `prompt' is
set and `timeout' isn't.

timeout=<tsecs>
sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for keyboard input at the boot: prompt.
"timeout" only has meaning if "prompt" is mentioned. If no key is pressed for
the specified time, the default image is automatically booted.

So, is it suppose to work as Barry expects?

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No default set?

"default=linux" in the preambles.

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