Re: kernel-package system: install a boot block using the existing /etc/lilo.conf?
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:37:19 -0800
Andy <list@firman.us> wrote:
> I don't understand WHY this excellent reference:
>
> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
>
> advises one to do the following:
>
> "Be sure you say "no" when the script asks if you want
> to install a boot block using the existing /etc/lilo.conf."
The short answer is "because when I said 'Yes' it didn't work". :)
A longer answer is that writing a new boot block with the existing lilo.conf
would simply re-write the current boot sector, which would boot the old
kernel.
What you want to do is install a new boot block which refers to the new
kernel you just compiled.
>
> So when the script tests lilo.conf I get the following error:
>
> # cat /var/log/lilo_log.19656
> Warning: COMPACT may conflict with LBA32 on some systems
> Warning: Partition 1 on /dev/hda is not marked Active.
> Fatal: Filesystem would be destroyed by LILO boot sector: /dev/hda1
>
> That is a scary error and I always say "yes" and it adds a block
> to my existing lilo.conf and the script testing lilo.conf is
> successful and I can boot the new kernel.
>
> What I don't understand is why the script wants to change
> from boot=/dev/hda to boot=/dev/hda1 ???
Good question. What you want to do is install a boot sector in the MBR; the
above would install it in the first partition's boot sector.
Kevin
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