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| slackware:setup [2008/01/23 13:19] – Mention errors/warnings issued by lilo alien | slackware:setup [2008/01/23 13:21] – Fixed the errata... nothing showed up after 1st item alien |
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| </code> which will add the required files intto the installed system so that lilo will install successfully. I have had reports from several people who experienced the above error, and I have seen it happen myself too, for reasons unclear to me. | </code> which will add the required files intto the installed system so that lilo will install successfully. I have had reports from several people who experienced the above error, and I have seen it happen myself too, for reasons unclear to me. |
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| * Second:\\ When the README mentions __''Change the boot device to name of the small unencrypted partition you've created and which is mounted under /boot'.'__ it must be clear that this action should __not__ be taken when you install LILO to the MBR. The example in the README is meant for a Slackware setup where there is another OS bootloader (such as MS Windows) already installed in the MBR, and your Slackware installation is a secondary install for which LILO needs to install itself into the root sector of a partition instead. | * Second:\\ When the README mentions __''Change the boot device to name of the small unencrypted partition you've created and which is mounted under /boot''__ it must be clear that this action should __not__ be taken when you install LILO to the MBR. The example in the README is meant for a Slackware setup where there is another OS bootloader (such as MS Windows) already installed in the MBR, and your Slackware installation is a secondary install for which LILO needs to install itself into the root sector of a partition instead. |
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| * Third:\\ When you run the ''lilo'' command and you are using LVM and/or LUKS-encrypted partitions, lilo will show the following warning message (or something very similar): <code> | * Third:\\ When you run the ''lilo'' command and you are using LVM and/or LUKS-encrypted partitions, lilo will show the following warning message (or something very similar): <code> |
