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squishyalt
06-20-2008, 06:48 AM
When I created my BT3 betas I could drop the time that lilo waited to boot and select which option to boot in the syslinux.cfg file. I can no longer find that file in the BT3 Final virtual machine.

Is there some other way to make these changes? Why would this be missing?
ShadowKill
06-20-2008, 11:05 AM
You can directly control those settings through lilo.conf

The setting for delay is "timeout=blahblahblah" and as far as selecting which item to boot....well.....that's the whole point of lilo is it not.
squishyalt
06-21-2008, 08:20 AM
You can directly control those settings through lilo.conf

Thanks! I'll try that.

The setting for delay is "timeout=blahblahblah" and as far as selecting which item to boot....well.....that's the whole point of lilo is it not.

Well...since this is a virtual machine, and since BT3 Final is the only thing in the VM, I really don't know what they hell LILO is doing in there in the first place.

Keeping in mind that I AM a linux n00b, I would think that you would only use lilo when booting >1 OS.

But, that's just me.... :eek:
armedpilot
06-21-2008, 08:50 AM
A boot manager gives you the ability to put in wanted/needed boot time options.
Thanks! I'll try that.
I would think that you would only use lilo when booting >1 OS.

But, that's just me.... :eek:
squishyalt
06-21-2008, 07:27 PM
A boot manager gives you the ability to put in wanted/needed boot time options.

Ahhhh..... Now I get it!

Thanks!
Re@lity
06-21-2008, 07:49 PM
You'll always have a boot loader running.

Sometimes it is, by default, set to remain "invisible, as with Windows and its boot loader - ntldr.

As already pointed out, you then have the facility to adjust booting parameters.
squishyalt
06-22-2008, 01:48 AM
You'll always have a boot loader running.

Sometimes it is, by default, set to remain "invisible, as with Windows and its boot loader - ntldr.

As already pointed out, you then have the facility to adjust booting parameters.

I rather liked the clean running of the BT3 beta Live CD. I achieved the same thing on my USB sticks with BT3 beta, but the VM insists on using lilo.

It doesn't affect the end goal of pentesting, it's just that I hate steps that seem to have no use for me. For others, I am sure that they find this bootloader useful. I do not.

Perhaps, as I continue to learn about Linux, I will find some use for what seems to be an irritation at this time.