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Re: Problem with boot



>>"Brian" == Brian Schramm <bschramm@schramms.yi.org> writes:

 Brian> What I am talking about is I built the kernel using make-kpkg
 Brian> kernel_image and that creates a deb file for me to install.



 Brian> The problem is that the lilo utility at the command prompt
 Brian> does not install right

	Could you please give an example of how it does not install
 right? There is a prgram called script that'll allow you to create a
 typescript of the commands typed and the system response

 Brian> and the mkboot command from the command prompt does not make a
 Brian> bootable system for me but the programs that are used when you
 Brian> install the deb file that the above command makes works with
 Brian> no trouble.  I would just like to know the commands that it
 Brian> uses so I can use it to do the changes when I make them
 Brian> instead of using the lilo or mkboot commands.  I also wanted
 Brian> to point this problem out so we can get it fixed in the next
 Brian> reliese.

	The program that is run is in (for version 2.2.18, for example)
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/kernel-image-2.2.18.postinst
 However, that is in perl, and may be complex to decipher. I assume,
 since the postinst works for you, that you have a minimally working
 /etc/lilo.conf file, as well as a mbr that works. 

	All the postinst actually does with lilo is run 
   /sbin/lilo
 after making sure the lilo.conf is set up correctly, so I am at a
 loss why just trying lilo on the command line does not work. Output
 of lilo -v would help a lot.

	manoj

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