LILO, GRUB no keys working

[Aulne]

Hello all,

Just installed Mandrake 7.2 and Win 98 on the kids' computer. Everything
fine apart from one problem: LILO does not respond to any keys at startup.
Neither does GRUB. If I don't press any key it's fine, Linux starts. But if
I use the arrows to move up and down in the list and come back to Linux and
press enter, it does not work. Neither does it work if I choose Windows. So
now I can't access Windows and can only boot Linux. The keyboard is a very
standard run-of-the-mill keyboard. LILO config is exactly on the spot, with
hda1 for Windows, and hda5 for Linux. Any solution to this problem?

Alain

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[Michael Ellebracht]

Can you post a copy of your lilo.conf file?

[Aulne]

In article <yiQ26.582$Aa7....@nnrp2.sbc.net>,
Michael Ellebracht <mg...@swbell.net> wrote:

> Can you post a copy of your lilo.conf file?

Sure can do. Here goes:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/qc-latin1.klt
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda

The problem is, as soon as I press a key, and that could be simply the
ENTER key to go on with booting Linux for instance, Lilo freezes and boots
nothing. Same if I use the arrows to select Windows, followed by ENTER:
nothing boots.

Any clue?

Alain

[Neal]

Aulne wrote:

It would appear that your keytable file is corrupted or the keyboard does
not match the keybable.

Make a copy of your current lilo.conf then edit the keytable line to match
your keyboard or change it to /boot/us.klt
Save the edited file as lilo.conf
Then run lilo -v and reboot.

Hope that helps
Neal

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[Normand Cloutier]

Do you have a USB keyboard? If yes forget about Lilo and Grub. They will not
work. Try BootMagic, it's the only thing that worked for me for dual
booting. Install Lilo and the Linux partition and when the Lilo screen
appears do not touch your keyboard and wait for Linux to boot.

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