1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> |
---|
2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" |
---|
3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ |
---|
4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
---|
5 | %general-entities; |
---|
6 | ]> |
---|
7 | <sect1 id="ch-system-lilo" role="wrap"> |
---|
8 | <?dbhtml filename="lilo.html"?> |
---|
9 | |
---|
10 | <title>Lilo-&lilo-version;</title> |
---|
11 | |
---|
12 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-lilo"> |
---|
13 | <primary sortas="a-Lilo">Lilo</primary> |
---|
14 | </indexterm> |
---|
15 | |
---|
16 | <sect2 role="package"> |
---|
17 | <title/> |
---|
18 | |
---|
19 | <para os="a">The Lilo package contains the Linux Loader, a bootloader.</para> |
---|
20 | |
---|
21 | <para os="b">We have chosen to use Lilo because at the moment no other |
---|
22 | bootloader builds and runs on a pure64 system. If your machine has |
---|
23 | multiple systems (i.e. x86 or multilib) you may prefer to use the |
---|
24 | bootloader from the other system, such as GRUB.</para> |
---|
25 | |
---|
26 | </sect2> |
---|
27 | |
---|
28 | |
---|
29 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
---|
30 | <title>Installation of Lilo</title> |
---|
31 | |
---|
32 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
---|
33 | |
---|
34 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
---|
35 | |
---|
36 | <para os="e">Install the package:</para> |
---|
37 | |
---|
38 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
---|
39 | |
---|
40 | <para>At the end of the installation the make install process will |
---|
41 | print a message stating that /sbin/lilo has to be executed to |
---|
42 | complete the update. Don't do this as it has no use. The |
---|
43 | /etc/lilo.conf isn't present yet. We will complete the |
---|
44 | installation of Lilo in chapter 12.</para> |
---|
45 | |
---|
46 | </sect2> |
---|
47 | |
---|
48 | <sect2 id="contents-lilo" role="content"> |
---|
49 | <title>Contents of Lilo</title> |
---|
50 | |
---|
51 | <segmentedlist> |
---|
52 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
---|
53 | |
---|
54 | <seglistitem> |
---|
55 | <seg>diag1.img, lilo, mkrescue, keytab-lilo.pl</seg> |
---|
56 | </seglistitem> |
---|
57 | </segmentedlist> |
---|
58 | |
---|
59 | <variablelist> |
---|
60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
---|
61 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
---|
62 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
---|
63 | |
---|
64 | <varlistentry id="diag1.img"> |
---|
65 | <term><command>diag1.img</command></term> |
---|
66 | <listitem> |
---|
67 | <para>A diagnostic disk boot image.</para> |
---|
68 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-lilo diag1.img"> |
---|
69 | <primary sortas="b-diag1.img">diag1.img</primary> |
---|
70 | </indexterm> |
---|
71 | </listitem> |
---|
72 | </varlistentry> |
---|
73 | |
---|
74 | <varlistentry id="lilo"> |
---|
75 | <term><command>lilo</command></term> |
---|
76 | <listitem> |
---|
77 | <para>Lilo installs the Linux boot loader which is used to start |
---|
78 | a Linux system.</para> |
---|
79 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-lilo lilo"> |
---|
80 | <primary sortas="b-lilo">lilo</primary> |
---|
81 | </indexterm> |
---|
82 | </listitem> |
---|
83 | </varlistentry> |
---|
84 | |
---|
85 | <varlistentry id="mkrescue"> |
---|
86 | <term><command>mkrescue</command></term> |
---|
87 | <listitem> |
---|
88 | <para>A script to make a bootable floppy or CD image using the |
---|
89 | default settings from the configuration file.</para> |
---|
90 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-lilo mkrescue"> |
---|
91 | <primary sortas="b-mkrescue">mkrescue</primary> |
---|
92 | </indexterm> |
---|
93 | </listitem> |
---|
94 | </varlistentry> |
---|
95 | |
---|
96 | <varlistentry id="keytab-lilo.pl"> |
---|
97 | <term><command>keytab-lilo.pl</command></term> |
---|
98 | <listitem> |
---|
99 | <para>A perl script to create a keyboard translation table to |
---|
100 | allow the bootloader to process keystrokes to match your |
---|
101 | keyboard layout.</para> |
---|
102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-lilo keytab-lilo.pl"> |
---|
103 | <primary sortas="b-keytab-lilo.pl">keytab-lilo.pl</primary> |
---|
104 | </indexterm> |
---|
105 | </listitem> |
---|
106 | </varlistentry> |
---|
107 | |
---|
108 | </variablelist> |
---|
109 | |
---|
110 | </sect2> |
---|
111 | |
---|
112 | </sect1> |
---|