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>Configure Linux kernel using
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>Chapter 5. Configure <SPAN
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kernel</TD
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NAME="CONFIGURE-KERNEL-LILO"
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>5.1. Configure Linux kernel using
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<SPAN
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>LILO</SPAN
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>For each <TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>image</TT
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> entry in
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<TT
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>/etc/lilo.conf</TT
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> add the line:</P
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NAME="CONFIGURE-KERNEL-LILO-PARAMETERS"
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>Figure 5-4. Recommended kernel parameters, <SPAN
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>LILO</SPAN
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> configuration</B
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>append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8"</PRE
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>Sometimes the <TT
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exist. For example</P
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>append="mem=1024M"</PRE
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>In this case, the existing <TT
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>append</TT
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modified to pass all the parameters. The result is:</P
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NAME="CONFIGURE-KERNEL-LILO-APPEND-MERGE"
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>append="mem=1024M console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8"</PRE
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>As a complete example, a typical
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<TT
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>/etc/lilo.conf</TT
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> configuration from
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<SPAN
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>Red Hat Linux</SPAN
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<SPAN
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>7.1</SPAN
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> is:</P
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NAME="CONFIGURE-KERNEL-LILO-RHL-VENDOR"
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>Example 5-1. Complete <SPAN
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>LILO</SPAN
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> configuration, as
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installed by vendor</B
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>boot=/dev/hda
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map=/boot/map
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install=/boot/boot.b
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prompt
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timeout=50
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message=/boot/message
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default=linux
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
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label=linux
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read-only
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root=/dev/hda6
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initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img</PRE
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>This is modified to</P
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>Example 5-2. Complete <SPAN
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>LILO</SPAN
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> configuration, modified for serial console</B
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>boot=/dev/hda
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map=/boot/map
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install=/boot/boot.b
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prompt
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default=linux
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# Changes for serial console on COM1: in global section
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# Deleted: message=/boot/message
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serial=0,9600n8
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timeout=100
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restricted
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password=de7mGPe3i8
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
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label=linux
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read-only
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root=/dev/hda6
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initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img
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# Changes for serial console on COM1: in each image section
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append="console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8"</PRE
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>Now that we have finished configuring
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<SPAN
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>LILO</SPAN
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>, use the <B
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>lilo</B
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command to install the new boot record onto the disk:</P
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>bash#</TT
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>chown root:root /etc/lilo.conf</B
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>bash#</TT
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>lilo</B
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