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| ==== LILO ==== | ==== LILO ==== |
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| Skip the bootloader (LILO) section during install (LILO works but under Slackware 14.1 liloconfig won't detect GPT partitions). After installation is complete, [[#Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation|enter your local Slackware install]]. From here, customize /etc/lilo.conf_example and save it as /etc/lilo.conf. You will need to set LILO to install to the protective MBR of your primary disk and add entries for your chosen kernel(s), in addition to any other changes you see fit. Once you have done this, issue the 'lilo' command. | LILO should just work. However some people have reported issues with liloconfig not detecting GPT partitions. If you encounter this issue skip automatic LILO configuration. Then after installation is complete, [[#Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation|enter your local Slackware install]]. From here, customize /etc/lilo.conf_example and save it as /etc/lilo.conf. You will need to set LILO to install to the protective MBR of your primary disk and add entries for your chosen kernel(s), in addition to any other changes you see fit. Once you have done this, issue the 'lilo' command. |
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| <note warning>Whilst LILO works well with any file system format that is compatible with the FIBMAP ioctl (required to map files to block numbers), you are likely to have issues when /boot is located on XFS or Btrfs. You can avoid this by making an ext2 /boot partition or using a different bootloader.</note> | <note warning>Whilst LILO works well with any file system format that is compatible with the FIBMAP ioctl (required to map files to block numbers), you are likely to have issues when /boot is located on XFS, Btrfs or Nilfs2. You can avoid this by making an ext2 /boot partition or using a different bootloader.</note> |
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| ==== Grub 2 ==== | ==== Grub 2 ==== |
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| If you want to use Grub 2, make sure you have a 'BIOS boot partition' (partition type EF02 in gdisk or cgdisk) somewhere on disk (at the start seems sensible). It should be at least 1MiB. Skip the bootloader (LILO) section during install. After installation is complete, [[#Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation|enter your local Slackware install]]. Finally, issue the following to actually install Grub 2 as your bootloader: | If you want to use Grub 2, make sure you have a 'BIOS boot partition' (partition type EF02 in gdisk or cgdisk). This can be anywhere on disk though putting it at the start seems sensible. It is recommended that it be at least 1MiB. Skip the bootloader (LILO) section during install. After installation is complete, [[#Accessing the Slackware install, prior to bootloader installation|enter your local Slackware install]]. Finally, issue the following to actually install Grub 2 as your bootloader: |
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