You boot your system using LILO. Although you have four different boot images on your system, you ca - Answer: c At the boot: prompt, you can type either Tab or a question mark (?) and LILO will display the names of the available boot images.

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Question: You boot your system using LILO. Although you have four different boot images on your system, you cannot remember what you named them and you do not want to boot your default image. What should you do?
Choose one:

a. At the boot: prompt, press the Alt key.
b. Hold the shift key down when booting until you get a prompt.
c. At the boot: prompt, press the Tab key.
d. You have to boot your default image and then look at the configuration file.

Answer: Answer: c

At the boot: prompt, you can type either Tab or a question mark (?) and LILO will display the names of the available boot images.

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Question: You boot your system using LILO. Although you have four different boot images on your system, you cannot remember what you named them and you do not want to boot your default image. What should you do?
Choose one:

a. At the boot: prompt, press the Alt key.
b. Hold the shift key down when booting until you get a prompt.
c. At the boot: prompt, press the Tab key.
d. You have to boot your default image and then look at the configuration file.

Answer:

Answer: c

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