source: BOOK/boot/sparc/silo.xml@ eb1c8dd

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

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

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

  <para os="a">This is for the configuration of <command>silo</command>, similar
  to what is in bootscripts.</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; ${CLFS}/etc/silo.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/silo.conf
partition = 1         # Boot partition (= root partition)
root = /dev/sda1      # Root partition
timeout = 150         # Wait 15 seconds before booting the default section

image = /boot/clfskernel-&linux-version;
  label = linux
# End /etc/silo.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

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

   <para os="c">After you get the build copied to the system that it will
   boot from, you will need to issue the following command:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>silo -f</userinput></screen>

</sect1>