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diff --git a/chapter06/config-lilo.sgml b/chapter06/config-lilo.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1e61cc9f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/config-lilo.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Configuring Lilo</title> + +<para> +We're not going to create lilo's configuration file from scratch, but we'll +use the file from your normal Linux system. This file is different on every +machine and thus I can't create it here. Since you would want to have the +same options regarding lilo as you have when you're using your normal Linux +system you would create the file exactly as it is on the normal system. +</para> + +<para> +Copy the Lilo configuration file and kernel images that Lilo uses by +running the following commands from a shell on your normal Linux system. +Don't execute these commands from your chroot'ed shell. +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cp /etc/lilo.conf $LFS/etc</userinput> + <userinput>cp /boot/<kernel images> $LFS/boot</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Before you can execute the second command you need to know the names of +the kernel images. You can't just copy all files from the /boot +directory. The /etc/lilo.conf file contains the names of the kernel +images you're using. Open the file and look for lines like this: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + image=/boot/vmlinuz + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +Look for all <emphasis>image</emphasis> variables and their values +represent the name and location of the image files. These files will +usually be in /boot but they might be in other directories as well, +depending on your distribution's conventions. +</para> + +</sect2> + |