1. ln -sf /boot/System.map / 2. ln -sf /boot/bzImage /vmlinuz 3. mkboot That's it :) Simple as that, after mkboot you'll have a very functional Lilo bootdisk. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Ok, so why dont you just do: # mkboot /boot/bzImage ? I vote to close this, as the manpage say: ------------------------------------------------ SYNOPSYS mkboot [-r rootpartition] [-i] [kernel] ------------------------------------------------ meaning it should be obvious to supply the path of the kernel if not the default.
Because I tried this many times and it trashed my kernel and my System.map doing unnecessary symlinks. This way I showed worked smoothly.
You do not need any special symlinks, etc. Just make sure System.map and bzImage with lilo's stuff is in /boot. Noting special. ------------------ workshop root # ls /boot/ System.map boot boot.0200 boot.b bzImage workshop root # mkboot /boot/bzImage Insert a floppy diskette into your boot drive, and press <Return>. Creating a lilo bootdisk... + mkdir /tmp/boot12489 + mke2fs -q /dev/fd0 mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) + mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /tmp/boot12489 + cp /boot/boot.b /tmp/boot12489/boot.b + cp /boot/bzImage /tmp/boot12489/vmlinuz + cd /tmp/boot12489 + cat + lilo -C lilo.conf Warning: COMPACT may conflict with LBA32 on some systems Added linux * ++ set +e ++ cd / ++ umount /dev/fd0 ++ rmdir /tmp/boot12489 ...Success. workshop root # ls /boot/ System.map boot boot.0200 boot.b bzImage workshop root # ls / bin boot dev etc home lib lost+found mnt opt proc root sbin space tmp usr var workshop root # mount /mnt/floppy/ ls /workshop root # ls /mnt/floppy/ boot.b lilo.conf lost+found map vmlinuz workshop root #
Hmmmmm, strange... but ok as soon this hits the Install Documentation, don't you think? :-)
