Lilo geo_comp_addr Error with 2.4.0

[Kerry Hoath]

There is a reason for the simlink aproach.
make zlilo or make bzlilo will copy a kernel to /vmlinuz
and automatically run lilo. This means if the default kernel is
vmlinuz in the root, thinks will just go.
Many people however only create a 10-20 megabyte partition for /boot
keeping the intire contents below cylinder 1024. The simlink keeps /vmlinuz
below this magic cylinder. Now that most bioses and
lilo support lba32 adressing, this problem should go away
in the long term.

The simlink aproach also means you have 1 simlink cluttering up the root
directory and can put the rest of the kernels in /boot/* and
referr to them as /boot/blah
Most comercial unixes stored the kernel image (not images) in the root
of the tree hence the historic convention.

REgards, Kerry
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 07:40:27AM -0600, Kirk Wood wrote:
> Janina,
> 
> One thing that comes to mind here for me. I know that slackware puts the
> kernel image in the root directory with a softlink in the /boot
> directory. This can cause confusion as far as I can see. What I have found
> is that you can put the image in the /root directory (which I go ahead and
> put on the first available partition) and skip the softlink altogether. I
> name the kernel something that will help me remember when I compiled it
> and any special features. I can find nothing sacred about vmlinuz other
> then that it is the common name scheme. But I have seen the same (or a
> similar) problem where someone continued following the slackware original
> setup.
> 
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