Ivan Rojas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well the thing is I tryed creating a small partition in the first HD ( > 50Mb ) to install LILO in there. I select the LILO package in dselect > but seems that is not being installed. I created a lilo.conf file and > didn't work either.
All you need to do is to run the program /sbin/lilo. This will write the bootloader to the bootsector as specified in /etc/lilo.conf. Every time you edit lilo.conf or move the kernel on the disk you need to rerun this program. The reason this is not done at the time the lilo package is installed is that it is slightly dangerous. If the lilo.conf file is wrong the result could be an unbootable system. Therefore check the lilo.conf carefully before running /sbin/lilo. Also have a bootdisk ready just in case. "cat _your-kernel_ > /dev/fd0" makes a primitive bootdisk (the Debian rescue disk is also usable). You could also write the bootloader to the bootsector of a floppy in order to test your boot configuration (use "boot=/dev/fd0" in lilo.conf). - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
