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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2005-08-30 22:36:49 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2005-08-30 22:36:49 +0000 |
| commit | da20539a79fe070350a43503b8db954c50980e18 (patch) | |
| tree | 06f9d61e1253191b4489bab57893ab03ae219a40 /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | deec9eeabdb560545f94198686b2f93ec6d20839 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-da20539a79fe070350a43503b8db954c50980e18.tar.gz | |
New "totaltimeout" option; change the menu behaviour on timeout.
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| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 3da76afc..37cfdd24 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -226,8 +226,20 @@ TIMEOUT timeout begun. A timeout of zero will disable the timeout completely, this is also the default. - NOTE: The maximum possible timeout value is 35996; corresponding to - just below one hour. +TOTALTIMEOUT timeout + Indicates how long to wait until booting automatically, in + units of 1/10 s. This timeout is *not* cancelled by user + input, and can thus be used to deal with serial port glitches + or "the user walked away" type situations. A timeout of zero + will disable the timeout completely, this is also the default. + + Both TIMEOUT and TOTALTIMEOUT can be used together, for + example: + + # Wait 5 seconds unless the user types something, but + # always boot after 15 minutes. + TIMEOUT 50 + TOTALTIMEOUT 9000 ONTIMEOUT kernel options... Sets the command line invoked on a timeout. Normally this is |