Install lilo to Disk

Installing on the "Partition Boot Record"

/etc/lilo.conf 要有基本設定

boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
root=/dev/sda1

# -C config-file     Specify an alternate pathname for the configuration file

# Default: /etc/lilo.conf

mount -o bind /proc /mnt/custom/proc/

mount -o bind /dev /mnt/custom/dev/

chroot custom /bin/bash

# -t       Test only. Do not really write a new boot sector or map file.

lilo -t

-q            # List the currently mapped files.

               # lilo maintains a file, by default /boot/map

               # It containing the name and location of the kernel(s) to boot.

               # 詳細資料 -v

Display Options

install=text                        # selects menu presentation mode

prompt                              # show a prompt

timeout=100                     # timeout in tenths of a second (150 = 15 sec)

message="message.hdb5"  # A file containing the choices to be displayed

default=linux                     # default to boot after timeout, the word corresponds

                                        # to a __label__ in the OS options section (below)

OS Options

image=/mnt/hda2/vmlinuz   # kernel image location (mount dependent)

initrd=/mnt/hda2/initrd.img  # initrd image location (mount dependent)

root=/dev/hda2            # root for this kernel

label=linux               # menu entry for this OS

read-only                 # initially mount filesystems read-only

LiLo Example

boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
root=/dev/sda2

default=Linux

image=/vmlinuz
        label=Linux
        read-only
        initrd=/initrd.img

image=/vmlinuz.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only
        optional
        initrd=/initrd.img.old