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<H2><A NAME="s17">17. SILO.</A></H2>
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<P>The Sparc Improved Boot LOader ( SILO ), is the boot loader that is
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used in the SPARC architecture. It allows you to boot Linux, Solaris
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or SunOS. It can load a Linux kernel from ext2, iso9660, UFS or
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ROMFS. From the SILO's README:
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<P>This is the first attempt at a complete boot loader for Linux
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on the Sparc. Because of the lack of space on the bootblock, we have
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to do it in two steps, the first step is a very simple loader based on
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Peter Zaitcev's silo (we will call this the first stage loader) which
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should fit in 512B and its sole purpose is to load a more
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complete bootstrap loader, herein refered to as the second stage boot
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loader. The cool thing about the second stage loader we implemented is
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that it makes use of the ext2 library (provided with the ext2fs tools) and
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some ufs code, and thus allows the loader to access any file on a ext2 fs
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and ufs, uses silo.conf, handles gunzipping and a lot of other things.
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This is different from Linux/i386 lilo which needs a map for each
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kernel. In silo we just keep one map file for the second stage
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loader, we don't expect you to be changing the second stage loader on
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your daily routine (you can do so, you will just need to use a tool to
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reinstall the maps).
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<P>Actually, IMHO it is easier to use than LILO.
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