Re: LILO and bootloaders (was Re: unchecked 31 times)
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 05:52:00 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 09:41:21PM -0500, Tom Vier (tmv@comcast.net) wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 03:39:16PM -0800, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
>> > Is there any need for a /boot partition on modern hardware? Why do you like a
>> > seperate boot partition?
>>
>> yes, many bootloaders (aboot, silo, lilo) can only read ext2.
>
> Regards LILO, incorrect.
>
> LILO doesn't read ext2. Or any other filesystem.
>
> It directly addresses the kernel by raw disk hardware address. And is
> subjec to a number of BIOS restrictions in this respect.
>
Which means, of course, if you move the physical location of the system
map or the kernel, you'd better rerun lilo, because it's not going to know
where things are on the next boot, and this tends to lead to a lot of
whining and crying (you, not lilo).
For instance, not that anyone would do this (and *please don't*):
cp -a /boot /boot-new
rm -fr /boot
mv /boot-new /boot
reboot
Then, if you're a cluebie, go to another computer and post an HTML message
to debian-user saying "lilo doesn't work in woody/sarge/sid, it was
working yesterday, this never happened with Red Hat/Suse/FreeBSD, should I
file a bug report?" and everyone will be delighted to help you :>
<sorry, couldn't resist>
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