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4.1.4 The LILO prompt stays too short (or too long) on the screen during the bootup

Add or adjust the line
delay=100

right before the first "image=" or "append=" statement in your /etc/lilo.conf file.  (Newer versions of lilo may use a "timeout" option instead.) The number is the time of delay in tenths of a second (0.1 s), so in the example above the delay will be 10 seconds.  Don't forget to re-run lilo after making any changes to the /etc/lilo.conf file, or your changes will not be enabled.

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