[Gllug] lilo

Steve Goodwin SteveG at bitscorp.com
Tue Sep 4 16:36:30 UTC 2001


> Ref Will's bot problem;
> I believe one needs to run /sbin/lilo each and every time you copy a new
kernel
> into /boot, even if its the same 'name' as a pre-existing one ??

That is true. On my system (Debian) the actual kernel image used is accessed
through a link from vmlinuz in / to the /boot directory. Lilo then
references the link. Is this because of convention or technical reasons?

Steev
[loving his little system, but largely ignorant of different distros and
conventions since settling on Debian a few years ago!]



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