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<sections>
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<section>
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<title>Making your Choice</title>
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<subsection>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<body>
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Now that your kernel is configured and compiled and the necessary system
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configuration files are filled in correctly, it is time to install a
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program that will fire up your kernel when you start the system. Such a
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program is called a <e>bootloader</e>.
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<section>
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<title>Installing the SPARC Bootloader: SILO</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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It is now time to install and configure <uri
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link="http://www.sparc-boot.org">SILO</uri>, the Sparc Improved boot
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LOader.
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<pre caption = "Installing SILO">
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# <i>emerge --usepkg silo</i>
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Now open up your favorite editor (we use <c>nano</c> as an example) and
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create <path>/etc/silo.conf</path>.
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<pre caption = "Creating /etc/silo.conf">
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# <i>nano -w /etc/silo.conf</i>
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Beneath you find an example <path>silo.conf</path> file. It uses the
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partitioning scheme we use throughout this book and
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<path>kernel-2.4.24</path> as kernelimage.
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<pre caption = "Example /etc/silo.conf">
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partition = 1 <comment># Boot partition</comment>
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root = /dev/hda4 <comment># Root partition</comment>
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timeout = 150 <comment># Wait 15 seconds before booting the default section</comment>
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image = /boot/kernel-2.4.24
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If you use the example <path>silo.conf</path> delivered by Portage, be
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sure to comment out <e>all</e> lines that you do not need.
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<p>
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If you have a separate <path>/boot</path> partition, copy over the
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configuration file to <path>/boot</path> and run <c>/sbin/silo</c>:
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<pre caption = "Only if you have /boot on a separate partition">
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# <i>cp /etc/silo.conf /boot</i>
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# <i>/sbin/silo -C /boot/silo.conf</i>
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/boot/silo.conf appears to be valid
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</pre>
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<p>
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If your <path>/boot</path> directory resides on your root partition,
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just run <c>/sbin/silo</c>:
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<pre caption = "Run silo">
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# <i>/sbin/silo</i>
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/etc/silo.conf appears to be valid
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<p>
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Now continue with <uri link="?part=1&chap=10">Installing Necessary System
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Tools</uri>.
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