Re:Beeping LILO

[Adam Williams <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From          : klug>klug-request
 To            : adam
 Subject       : Beeping LILO
 Date          : 09/29/99 15:16


>What I have is a Linux-Mandrake (meaning it's like RedHat) 6.0
>and Windows 98 dual boot computer.  Sometimes I turn it on and
>get distracted by something and next thing I know, it's booting the
>OS I don't want.  I don't want to make it wait forever until I choose
>an OS, so it there a way I can have LILO make the computer beep
>prior to the pause?

 Well, one way is to hook a dumb terminal to S0 or S1 and set Lilo to use
that as the system console and embed \007 in your boot prompt.  If the
terminal is anything like  a VT??? it will beep.  This might work on a PC
display,  but it might not.  Worth a shot anyway.