[syslinux] Making TIMEOUT work?

[Jim Wright]

include "PROMPT 1", otherwise the prompt isn't shown and the setting
of the TIMEOUT is not relevant.

SERIAL 0 38400
PROMPT 1
TIMEOUT 500
DISPLAY about.txt
F1 help.txt
DEFAULT t



On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Michael Boman wrote:

> I have problems getting the TIMEOUT value work the same way LILO/GRUB
> does it.. ie it should wait until the timeout and then use the default
> value. However, it goes straight for the default value without waiting
> a single second (and a TIMEOUT value of 500 should mean 50 seconds,
> as it counts in 1/10th of a second, right?)
> 
> SYSLINUX (isolinux) 2.00
> 
> ----8<------8<----
> SERIAL 0 38400
> TIMEOUT 500
> DISPLAY about.txt
> F1 help.txt
> DEFAULT t
> 
> LABEL t 
>         KERNEL /isolinux/kernel.lnx
>         APPEND console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=tty0 hda=dma,ata100 hdb=dma,ata100 hdc=nodma init=/installer root=/dev/hdc ro devfs=nomount
> 
> LABEL s 
>         KERNEL /isolinux/kernel.lnx
>         APPEND console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 hda=dma,ata100 hdb=dma,ata100 hdc=nodma init=/installer root=/dev/hdc ro devfs=nomount
> 
> LABEL setup
>         KERNEL /isolinux/kernel.lnx
>         APPEND console=ttyS0,38400n8 console=tty0 hda=dma,ata100 hdb=dma,ata100 hdc=nodma init=/setup root=/dev/hdc ro devfs=nomount
> 
> LABEL ssetup
>         KERNEL /isolinux/kernel.lnx
>         APPEND console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8 hda=dma,ata100 hdb=dma,ata100 hdc=nodma init=/setup root=/dev/hdc ro devfs=nomount
> ----8<------8<----
> 
> Best regards
>  Michael Boman
> 
> -- 
> Michael Boman
> Security Architect, SecureCiRT (A SBU of Z-Vance Pte Ltd)
> http://www.securecirt.com
> 

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