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diff --git a/chapter08/lilo.xml b/chapter08/lilo.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 4c7cb1fa0..000000000 --- a/chapter08/lilo.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="ch08-lilo"> -<title>Making the LFS system bootable</title> -<?dbhtml filename="lilo.html" dir="chapter08"?> - -<para>In order to be able to boot the LFS system, we need to update our -bootloader. We're assuming that your host system is using Lilo (since -that's the most commonly used boot loader at the moment).</para> - -<para>We will not be running the lilo program inside chroot. Running lilo -inside chroot can have fatal side-effects which render your MBR useless -and you'd need a boot disk to be able to start any Linux system (either -the host system or the LFS system).</para> - -<para>First we'll exit chroot and copy the lfskernel file to the host -system:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>logout</userinput> -<userinput>cp $LFS/boot/lfskernel /boot</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>The next step is adding an entry to /etc/lilo.conf so that we can -choose LFS when booting the computer:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cat >> /etc/lilo.conf << "EOF"</userinput> -image=/boot/lfskernel - label=lfs - root=<partition> - read-only -<userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> - -<para><partition> must be replaced with the LFS -partition's designation.</para> - -<para>Also note that if you are using reiserfs for your root partition, -the line <userinput>read-only</userinput> should be changed to -<userinput>read-write</userinput>.</para> - -<para>Now, update the boot loader by running:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>/sbin/lilo -v</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>The last step is synchronizing the host system's lilo -configuration files with the LFS system's:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>cp /etc/lilo.conf $LFS/etc -cp $(grep "image.*=" /etc/lilo.conf | cut -f 2 -d "=") $LFS/boot</userinput></screen></para> - -</sect1> - |