Re: [Sheflug] LOCKED OUT HELP PLEASE

["Alex Hudson" <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

>     Al> If you're running something normal (i.e., not Debian), you
>     Al> will get a lilo: prompt, at which you can just type in 'linux
>     Al> single', rather than all that left-shift nonsense ;)
>
> Is this just a slam at Debian, or does Debian really do something
> different that you know about?
>
> The reason I put that "left-shift" instruction in there is that I
> _have_ seen distros (not Debian) that crank the lilo: prompt delay
> down to near zero on the theory that anybody who needs single-user
> mode probably can hit the left-shift key to get the lilo: prompt,
> while their target users have the patience and manual dexterity of
> 2-year-olds.[1]

Debian on my laptop doesn't give me any time at the lilo prompt; RedHat
does, as does SuSE. Yes, it is a slam on Debian b'cos I don't like it, and
Debian *does* do something different, at least on the distros I tend to use.
Debian is the only mainstream distro I come into contact with which has this
behaviour.

Cheers,

Alex.

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