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Map installer

The map installer program /sbin/lilo updates the boot sector and creates the map file. If the map installer detects an error, it terminates immediately and does not touch the boot sector and the map file.

Whenever the map installer updates a boot sector, the original boot sector is copied to /boot/boot. number, where number is the hexadecimal device number. If such a file already exists, no backup copy is made. Similarly, a file /boot/part. number is created if LILO modifies the partition table. (See page gif.)





Ross Biro
Sat May 20 13:51:22 PDT 1995