Very Computer

Here is one of the sections of my lilo.conf file:

image = /boot/vmlinuz_24
  root = /dev/sda5
  label = linux_2.4
  initrd = /boot/initrd_24
  optional

What is the purpose of that last line 'optional'?

John

|Here is one of the sections of my lilo.conf file:
|
|image = /boot/vmlinuz_24
|  root = /dev/sda5
|  label = linux_2.4
|  initrd = /boot/initrd_24
|  optional
|
|What is the purpose of that last line 'optional'?

It tells lilo not to put the "linux_2.4" label on the boot menu
if /boot/vmlinuz_24 dosn't exist.

If the boot file does exist, the item will be on the menu.

This stops you from having lilo menu entries that have no chance
of working. It won't prevent them from breaking in other ways,
and you can delete the file later, but you can be sure that the
file existed at the time you ran lilo.

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