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Hi

I have installed LINUX on my 486-33 MHz system but have to boot from
a floppy which is agonizingly slow.  I have an 850 Meg hard drive
in which the first 1024 sectors are for dos (I have old bios such that
I can't set the # of cylinders above 1024) and the rest of the HD is
for linux. I know that to use LILO to boot from the MBR I have to have
a linux partition set up within the 1024 and that this partition has
to have the kernel and /boot. How do I move the kernel and /boot to
this partition and what configuration do I need in LILO to properly
boot into LINUX? The HOWTO's and other help files don't seem to
explain how to do this. Thank you for your help.
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Quote:>I have installed LINUX on my 486-33 MHz system but have to boot from
>a floppy which is agonizingly slow.  I have an 850 Meg hard drive
>in which the first 1024 sectors are for dos (I have old bios such that
>I can't set the # of cylinders above 1024) and the rest of the HD is
>for linux. I know that to use LILO to boot from the MBR I have to have
>a linux partition set up within the 1024 and that this partition has
>to have the kernel and /boot. How do I move the kernel and /boot to
>this partition

Next mount it, temporarily, on /mnt

        mount /dev/hda5 /mnt  ## replace the 'hda5' with the correct name

Now copy the /boot files to it

        cp -p /boot/* /mnt

Now unmount it.

        umount /mnt

Rename '/boot' as '/boot.old'.  You can later delete it, when all is
checked.  Then use 'mkdir' to make a new empty '/boot' directory.

Edit /etc/fstab.  You will need a line something like:

/dev/hda5       /boot   ext2    defaults        1       1

Again, replace the 'hda5' with the correct designation for your
partition.

Test your 'fstab' entry with:

        mount /boot

This should mount the partition, and you should see the files under
/boot.  Then

        cp /vmlinuz /boot

You might then like to:

        cd /
        mv vmlinuz vmlinuz.old
        ln -s boot/vmlinuz .

This has the effect of making '/vmlinuz' a symlink to the copy on /boot.

Quote:>                   what configuration do I need in LILO to properly
>boot into LINUX?

   As far as I know, the only way to have LILO boot to the hard disk
is to make the DOS partition smaller so it ends before the 1024
cylinder.

Jeff Krob