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Choosing the ``right'' boot concept

Although LILO can be installed in many different ways, the choice is usually limited by the present setup and therefore, typically only a small number of configurations which fit naturally into an existing system remains.

The configuration file /etc/lilo.conf for the examples could look like this:

boot = /dev/hda2
compact
image = /vmlinuz
image = /vmlinuz.old
other = /dev/hda1
  table = /dev/hda
  label = msdos

It installs a Linux kernel image ( /vmlinuz), an alternate Linux kernel image ( /vmlinuz.old) and a chain loader to boot MS-DOS from /dev/hda1. The option compact on the second line instructs the map installer to optimize loading.

In all examples, the names of the IDE-type hard disk devices ( /dev/hda) are used. Everything applies to other disk types (e.g. SCSI disks; /dev/sda) too.





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