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# Lilo
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====== lilo bootloader ======
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LILO (Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux and the default bootloader for non EFI slackware installs.
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we need multiple kernels to boot. whether you run stable or -current you want to always have a known working kernel to fall back on. first we will install the kernels of your choice using slackupdr
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[[https://wigums.ddns.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackupdr|slackupdr]]
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once your kernels are installed edit lilo.conf
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<code>nano /etc/lilo/conf</code>
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find the kernel stanza and we will expand it to include the new kernels. we are also going to add boot entries for huge versus generic kernels. find this stanza
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<code># Linux bootable partition config begins
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image = /boot/vmlinuz
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root = /dev/sda2
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label = huge
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read-only</code>
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we will add stanzas for the kernels we've installed
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here is a default lilo.conf as generated by liloconfig
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<code># LILO configuration file
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# generated by 'liloconfig'
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#
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# Start LILO global section
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# Append any additional kernel parameters:
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append=" "
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boot = /dev/sda
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# This option loads the kernel and initrd much faster:
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compact
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# Boot BMP Image.
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# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
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bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
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# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
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# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
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bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
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# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
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# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
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# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
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# be used. We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
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bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
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# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
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# background color, shadow color.
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bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255
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# Standard menu.
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# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and
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# use a boot message with the standard menu:
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#message = /boot/boot_message.txt
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# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
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# first entry immediately):
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prompt
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# Timeout before the first entry boots.
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# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
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timeout = 1200
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# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
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change-rules
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reset
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# Normal VGA console
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vga = normal
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# Ask for video mode at boot (time out to normal in 30s)
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#vga = ask
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
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#vga=791
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
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#vga=790
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
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#vga=773
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
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#vga=788
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
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#vga=787
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
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#vga=771
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
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#vga=785
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
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#vga=784
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# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
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#vga=769
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# End LILO global section
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# Linux bootable partition config begins
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image = /boot/vmlinuz
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root = /dev/sda2
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label = Linux
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# Linux bootable partition config ends</code>
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<code>prompt
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timeout=50
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boot=/dev/sda
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root=/dev/sda2
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lba32
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compact
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bitmap = /boot/Slackware_Moonboot.bmp
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bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
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bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
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bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255
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append="mitigations=off"
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vga=normal
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default=Gen6.9.1
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-generic-6.6.30
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label=Gen6.6.30
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initrd=/boot/initrd-6.6.30.gz
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read-only
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-generic-6.9.1
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label=Gen6.9.1
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initrd=/boot/initrd-6.9.1.gz
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read-only
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-huge-6.6.30
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label=Hug6.6.30
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image=/boot/vmlinuz-huge-6.9.1
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label=Hug6.9.1
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read-only