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I feel stupid when I used to know an answer but lost it.  ANyway,
I can't find these two in the faq-o-matic:

1)  how do I change the delay in the MkLinux boot dialog?  (I know it's
        done by putting in a variable in lilo or something.)

2)  how do I change X-windows resolutions and bit-depth on the fly?

I'll add the answers to the faq-o-matic if people help out!

thanks,

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Here's the ones I do know for mach_options:
-a                      ask for the bootstrap.conf, pager, vmlinux
-m90                    limit memory to 90 Megs (obsolete)
-k -S 524288000         new memory limit (512M) for large mem machines
video_probe=true        Turn on ATI video probing
bus_speed_hz=<hz value> Set bus speed for machines*up

Quote:> 2)  how do I change X-windows resolutions and bit-depth on the fly?

Hi,

To change the boot delay time, you would need to edit the
"MkLinux.prefs" file in your preferences folder.  This is a copy of mine
:-

bootos=MacOS    # Boot to either "MacOS" or "MkLinux"
bootdelay=10    # Seconds to pause at boot dialog.

That delay time is in seconds.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Vinai

Vinai Roopchansingh

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