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<H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="bootloader"></A>
bootloader</H2>
<P CLASS="western">This option allows you specify the boot loader to
be installed and the associated parameters that it requires. The
general structure and relevant parameters for each loader are
presented and explained in their own section, rather than trying to
show you the whole thing and adding comments indicating which
parameter is valid for which boot loader. Also, check the notes at
the end of each section for tidbits.</P>
<P CLASS="western">A couple things worth noting:</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in">The new graphic
startup display (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">bootsplash</FONT>)
is activated when the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'default'</FONT>
kernel image loaded has the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'linux'
label</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in">The verbosity of
both the kernel and the SysVinit scripts is controlled by the
presence or absence of the keyword <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'quiet'</FONT>
in the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'append'</FONT>
declaration.</P>
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<P CLASS="western">The following is specifically for the x86
architecture.</P>
<H3 CLASS="western"><A NAME="LILO_GRUB"></A>LILO / GRUB</H3>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.2in; page-break-before: auto">
DrakX is capable of installing either the Lilo or Grub boot loaders
for 'x86' type computers. The following causes DrakX to install the
Lilo boot loader and create the file <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/lilo.conf</FONT>.
You really want to look at <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'man
conflicting'</FONT> for the correct explanation for some of the
following.</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">'bootloader' => {</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western"><BR>
</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'method' =>
'lilo-text'</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'boot' =>
'/dev/hda',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'default' =>
'my_linux',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'install' =>
'/boot/boot.b',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'lba32' =>
1,</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'map' =>
'/boot/map',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'message' =>
"My text boot up\n",</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'timeout' =>
'5',</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'entries' =>
[</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">{</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'type' =>
'image',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'kernel_or_dev'
=> '/boot/vmlinuz',</P>
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<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'label' =>
'my_linux',</P>
</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'root' =>
'/dev/hda6',</P>
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<TR>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'initrd' =>
'/boot/initrd.img',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'append' =>
'mem=128M',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'read-write'
=> 0,</P>
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<TR>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">or</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'type' =>
'other',</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'kernel_or_dev'
=> '/dev/zip',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'label' =>
'zip',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'unsafe' =>
1,</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">}</P>
</TD>
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<TR>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">]</P>
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<TR>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">},</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western" STYLE="page-break-before: always">
Descriptions:</P>
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<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'method'</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in; page-break-inside: auto; page-break-after: auto">
this entry defines the boot loader options; for x86 and IA64
computers this may be one of the following:</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><BR>
</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'lilo-text'</FONT>
- the LILO boot loader is installed with a simple text based
prompt.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'lilo-menu'</FONT>
- the LILO boot loader is installed with a text based menu.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'lilo-graphic'</FONT>
- the LILO boot loader is installed with a graphical menu.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'grub'</FONT>
- the GRUB boot loader is installed.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'append'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, it is
placed in the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">lilo.conf</FONT> and
used as lilo's default for any per image entry that does not
contain an <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'append'</FONT>. It is
used to specify parameters to be passed to the kernel. eg.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'mem=128M console=ttyS0,9600n8'</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'boot'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this allows you to
specify the disk drive that it to be used as the boot device. Do
not include the partition number. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hda'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hde'.</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'compact'
=> 1,</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, says to
try and merge read requests for adjacent sectors. This is seldom
used.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'crushMbr'
=> 1,</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if this is present, it
means replace (crush) the existing Master Boot Record and install
the lilo equivalent.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'default'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is used to
specify the default kernel image to boot. The value here is the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label'</FONT> value for one of
the defined <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'entries'</FONT>. eg.
'<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">my_linux'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'install'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is used to
specify the file containing the new master boot record. <BR>eg.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/boot/boot.b'</FONT>.</P>
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</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'linear'
=> 1,</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, says to
generate linear sector addresses instead of sector/head/cylinder.
This is seldom used. Use only if the device does not support
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'lba32'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'map'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is the name and
location of the map file created by lilo. eg. '/boot/map'.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'message'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this allows you to
create a customized boot message. It is optional and if included,
causes the file <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/boot/message</FONT>
to be created containing your string (don't forget to include <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'\n'</FONT>
where appropriate. Also use double quotes (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">"</FONT>)
). If it is not included, then DrakX creates a default message
for you.
</P>
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</TR>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'password'</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, it
specifies a pass word string (clear text) used to protect booting
of all images. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dickie'</FONT>.
In addition, the permissions for <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">lilo.conf</FONT>
will be set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0600</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>'perImageAppend'
=> '',</FONT></FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if this is present,
then DrakX uses the values here as the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">append</FONT>
for each <FONT FACE="Times, serif">entry</FONT> it automatically
creates. <B>Note</B>, DrakX creates this if it detects that there
are any IDE CD-RW or CD Burners installed, if the <A HREF="section4-18.html#miscellaneous"><B><I><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'miscellaneous'
=> { 'HDPARM '}</FONT></I></B></A> is set, if it detects that
you used <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">mem=</FONT> at the boot
prompt or, if the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT>
file contains either <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">mem=</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">console=</FONT> in the append
directive.</P>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=101>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><B>NOTE</B>: If
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">console=ttyS0,9600n8</FONT> is
present somewhere in the value, then DrakX will automatically add
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">serial=0,9600n8</FONT> to the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">lilo.conf</FONT> file. You can
set the parameters for the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">console=</FONT>
to what ever you require, the previous was just an example.
However, if you do use the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">console=</FONT>
, you might want to consider adding it to the 'append' as well.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'restricted' =>
1,</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, reduces
the boot up password enforcement so that the user must enter a
pass word only if the user enters additional parameters.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'password'</FONT> must be present
if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'restricted' </FONT>is present.
</P>
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<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'timeout' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the time, in seconds,
to wait for the user to enter a desired image. <BR>eg.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'my_linux'</FONT>. Also, this
forces a prompt for the image name to boot. <BR><B>Note</B>:
DrakX changes the value from seconds to tenths of a second for
placement in <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">lilo.conf</FONT>. If
you do not want a prompt, then set the value to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">0</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'vga' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, this is
used to set the default video mode and can be:</P>
</TD>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ask'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> Ask at boot (kinda
nice if you're just playing around)</P>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'normal'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 25 (default)</P>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f01'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 50</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f02'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 43</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f03'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 28</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f05'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 30</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f06'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 34</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0f07'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 80 x 60</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'0x0122'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 100 x 30</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'785'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 640 x 480 in 16
bits (Frame Buffer only)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'788'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 800 x 600 in 16
bits (Frame Buffer only)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'791'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 1024 x 768 in 16
bits (Frame Buffer only)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'794'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.2in"> 1280 x 1024 in 16
bits (Frame Buffer only)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=184>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'entries'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is an array of
'per image' entries describing selectable boot images. Normally
you should not need to add any since DrakX installs a number of
default entries which represent your computer's equipment.
However if you do add a new one and it has the same label as an
internally defined one (l<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">inux,
linux-2.2, linux-hack, failsafe, failsafe-2.2, failsafe-hack,
floppy, default, linux-up, linux-2.2up, linux-hackup, linux-nonfb,
linux-2.2nonfb, linux-hacknonfb, NT, dos, windows</FONT>) DrakX
will rename your new one to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">old_...</FONT>
when it adds yours. So be careful.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: auto; page-break-after: avoid">
Each entry has one of two forms:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-inside: avoid">
<COL WIDTH=295>
<COL WIDTH=552>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'type'
=> 'image',</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies that this
image describes a Linux kernel image to boot.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'kernel_or_dev'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the location
and name of the kernel image to boot. <BR>eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/boot/vmlinuz'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the name
associated with this image. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'my_linux'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'root'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the
partition to be mounted as 'root'. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hda6'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'initrd'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, specifies
the location and name of the initial ram disk to be loaded. <BR>eg.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/boot/initrd.img'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'append'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, specifies
the kernel parameters for this image. <BR>eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ramdisk=8192K'</FONT>.
<B>NOTE</B>: the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'perImageAppend'</FONT>
is NOT used for any entries you add. If you need special options,
then use this to specify them.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'vga'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, specifies
the video mode to be used with this image. ( See <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'vga'</FONT>
above.).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'read-write'
=> 1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, indicates
the root file system is to be mounted read-write. If it is NOT
present, then the root file system is mounted read-only.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">or,</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=296>
<COL WIDTH=551>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'type'
=> 'other',</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies that this
image describes an arbitrary operating system to boot.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'kernel_or_dev'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the device
to boot. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/zip'</FONT> or
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hdb'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the name
associated with this image. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'my_linux'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'unsafe'
=> 1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">see <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">man
lilo.conf</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'table'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">see <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">man
lilo.conf</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'map-drive'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">see <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">man
lilo.conf</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<H3 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="YABOOT"></A>
YABOOT</H3>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">This loader is used
on PowerPC computers. The following causes DrakX to create the file
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/yaboot.conf</FONT>. You really
want to look at <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'man yaboot.conf'</FONT>
for the correct explanation for some of the following.</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">'bootloader' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'method' =>
'yaboot',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'boot' =>
'/dev/hda',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'delay' =>
30,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'default' =>
'my_linux',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'defaultos
=> 'linux',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'enablecdboot'
=> 1,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'enableofboot'
=> 1,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'init-message'
=> "My init text\n",</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'message' =>
"My text boot up\n",</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'timeout' =>
50,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'xfsroot' =>
undef,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'entries' =>
[</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">{</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'type' =>
'image',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'kernel_or_dev'
=> '/boot/vmlinuz',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'label' =>
'my_linux',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'root' =>
'/dev/hda6',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'initrd' =>
'/boot/initrd.img',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'append' =>
undef,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'read-write'
=> 0,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">]</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=847 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=296>
<COL WIDTH=551>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'methods'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this entry defines the
boot loader options the PowerPC and must be <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'yaboot'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'append' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, it is
placed in the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">yaboot.conf</FONT>
and used as yaboot's default for any per image entry that does not
contain an 'append'. It is used to specify parameters to be
passed to the kernel. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'mem=128M
serial=0,9600n8'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'boot'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this allows you to
specify the disk drive that it to be used as the boot device. Do
not include the partition number. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hda'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hde'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'delay'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the time, in seconds,
for the Open Firmware Delay.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'default'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is used to
specify the default kernel image to boot. The value here is the<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">
'label'</FONT> value of one of the defined 'entries'. eg.
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'my_linux'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'defaultos'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">is one of <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'linux'</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'macos'</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'macosx'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'darwin'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'enablecdboot'
=> 1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">enables booting from
CD.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'enableofboot'
=> 1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">enables booting using
Open Firmware.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'init-message'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this allows you to
create a customized boot message. It is optional and if included,
will causes the file boot loader to display your string. Also use
double quotes (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">"</FONT>).
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=83>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'message'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this allows you to
create a customized boot message. It is optional and if included,
causes the file <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/boot/message</FONT>
to be created containing your string (don't forget to include <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'\n'</FONT>
where appropriate. Also use double quotes (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">"</FONT>)
). If it is not included, then DrakX creates a default message
for you.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=119>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'perImageAppend'
=> '',</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if this is present,
then DrakX uses the values here as the append for each entry it
automatically creates. Note, DrakX creates this if it detects
that there are any IDE CDRW or CD Burrners installed, if the
<A HREF="section4-18.html#miscellaneous"><B><I><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'miscellaneous'
=> { 'HDPARM '}</FONT></I></B></A> is set, if it detects that
you used <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">mem=</FONT> at the boot
prompt or, if the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">syslinux.cfg</FONT>
file contains either <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">mem=</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">console=</FONT> in the append
directive.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'timeout'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the time, in tenths
(0.1) of seconds, to wait for the user to enter a desired image.
eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'10'</FONT>. Also, this
forces a prompt for the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label'</FONT>
name to boot.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'xfsroot' =>
1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">causes
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">initrd-size=6144</FONT> to be
added to every entry with a type of <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'image'.</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=296 HEIGHT=173>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'entries'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=551>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">this is an array of
'per image' entries describing selectable boot images. DrakX
installs a number of default entries and normally you should not
need to add any. However if you do add a new one and it has the
same label as an internally defined one (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">linux,
linux-2.2, linux-hack, failsafe, failsafe-2.2, failsafe-hack,
default, linux-up, linux-2.2up, linux-hackup, linux-nonfb,
linux-2.2nonfb, linux-hacknonfb, NT, dos, windows</FONT>) DrakX
will rename your new one to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">old_...</FONT>
when it adds yours. So be careful.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: auto">
Each entry has one of two forms:</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'type' =>
'image',</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies that this
image describes a Linux kernel image to boot.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'kernel_or_dev'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the location
and name of the kernel image to boot. <BR>eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/boot/vmlinuz'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the name
associated with this image. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'my_linux'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'root'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies the
partition to be mounted as 'root'. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'/dev/hda6'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'initrd'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, specifies
the location and name of the initial ram disk to be loaded. <BR>eg.<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">
'/boot/initrd.img'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'append'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, specifies
the kernel parameters for this image. <BR>eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ramdisk=8192K'</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=295 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'read-write'
=> 1,</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if present, indicates
the root file system is to be mounted read-write. If it is NOT
present, then the root file system is mounted read-only.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">or</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'type' =>
'other',</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=552>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">causes an entry to be
added to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">yaboot.conf</FONT> with
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'label='</FONT> set to the
Open Firmware device.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Examples (for x86):</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in; page-break-before: auto">
This first one is the simplest and I use it on a server to obtain a
simple text based boot prompt, rather than the default graphic one.
This also lets DrakX fill in all the auto detected stuff for me.</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">'bootloader' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'method'
=> 'lilo-text'</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'crushMbr'
=> 1</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<COL WIDTH=62>
<COL WIDTH=785>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=62 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic15" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.4in">I use the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'crushMbr'
</FONT>here to make sure that whatever is on the disk is replaced
with lilo's boot loader. This may not be suitable for everyone
(such as dual boot or if you want to keep the existing MBR). Your
installation needs may be different, so use with caution.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">This
one adds an additional boot image that I use on my test machine to
increase the size of the default ram disk.</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">'bootloader' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'method'
=> 'lilo-text'</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'entries'
=> [</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">{</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'type' =>
'image',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'kernel_or_dev'
=> '/boot/vmlinuz',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'label' =>
'bigdisk',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'root' =>
'/dev/hda6',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'initrd'
=> '/boot/initrd.img',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.6in">'append'
=> 'ramdisk=8192k'</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">]</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">If
I had wanted to make this new image the one which is automatically
booted, then I would have added <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'default'
=> 'bigdisk',</FONT> just before the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'entries'</FONT>.</P>
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