source: BOOK/boot/alpha/aboot.xml@ 898e550

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<sect1 id="ch-boot-aboot" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="aboot.html"?>

  <title>Making the Temporary System Bootable</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-boot-aboot">
    <primary sortas="a-Aboot">Aboot</primary>
    <secondary>boot, configuring</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <para os="a">Create a <filename>aboot.conf</filename> file defining aboot's boot
  menu:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/aboot.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/aboot.conf
0:1/boot/clfskernel-&linux-version; root=/dev/sda1
# End /etc/aboot.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

   <para os="b">If you already have aboot installed on your target system, you do
   not need to reinstall it. aboot is just a chain loader and has no bearing on
   the system build.</para>

   <para os="c">After you get the build copied to when you can boot, you will need
   to issue the following command:</para>

<screen><userinput>swriteboot -f3 /dev/sda /boot/bootlx
abootconf /dev/sda 1</userinput></screen>

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