source: BOOK/bootable/sparc/silo.xml@ d488899

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
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<sect1 id="ch-bootable-silo">
  <?dbhtml filename="silo.html"?>

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

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

  <para>Create a <filename>silo.conf</filename> file defining Silo's boot
  menu:</para>

<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /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>Now to make Silo bootable:</para>

<screen><userinput>silo -f</userinput></screen>

</sect1>