>Hello. I was wondering if anyone has made some more developments with the
>lilo utility, such that it shows all the boot options with the default one
>highlighted.  (not that i am a msft advocate, but sort of like the feel win
>NT boot up menu works like)

>reason is i have several kernel configurations on the same linux-only system,
>and have given them stupid names, like linux-2.2.14, linux-2.2.15,
>linux-2.3.99, etc, and frequently change between them

>i am looking for something where i don't have to press tab to bring up the
>list, and type in the entire boot name, but just cursor to the image name and
>hit enter.  (yes i am lazy, but proud of it)

I use a simple menu on several machines; it doesn't require modifying LILO or anything and I like the way it works. ` In /etc/lilo.conf: delay = 5 timeout = 50 prompt message = /etc/boot.txt ` The file /etc/boot.txt contains the menu, something like: Select Boot: 1. Slackware Linux 7.0 from /dev/hda1 (default) 2. Previous kernel for /dev/hda1 … + Back in /etc/lilo.conf, use "label = 1", "label = 2", etc. for each boot image, corresponding to the menu items.

Now, when the system boots, it displays the menu. Hit the key (on the numeric pad) and Enter to make a choice, or let it default to default to 1 after 5 seconds. (Remember to run the Lilo installer after changing either lilo.conf or the menu boot.txt)