Installing Lilo-22.2

Contents of Lilo

Last checked against version 22.2.

Lilo is the LInux LOader.

Lilo installs the following:

Lilo Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 22.1.

Bash: sh
Bin86: as86, ld86
Binutils: as, ld, strip
Fileutils: cp, dd, ln
Gcc: cc, cc1, collect2, cpp0
Make: make
Sed: sed
Textutils: cat

Installation of Lilo

We have chosen Lilo as a boot loader because we feel comfortable with it, but you may wish to choose another. Fabio Fracassi has written a hint on GRUB, which is available at http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/grub-howto.txt.

Compile Lilo:

make

And finish off installing the package:

make install

At the end of the installation, a message will appear stating that /sbin/lilo has to be executed. This is pointless because the /etc/lilo.conf file isn't present yet. We will complete the installation of lilo in Chapter 8.

The standard LILO prompt, or menu, may be replaced by the LFS logo or any logo you like. Martin Imobersteg has written a hint about this, which is located at http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/bootlogo.txt.