IBM Type 7977 manual LILO configuration If you are using LILO, complete the following steps

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LILO configuration: If you are using LILO, complete the following steps:

1.Complete the following steps to modify the /etc/lilo.conf file:

a.Add the following text to the end of the first default=linux line

-Monitor

b.Comment out the map=/boot/map line by adding a # at the beginning of this line.

c.Comment out the message=/boot/message line by adding a # at the beginning of this line.

d.Add the following line before the first image= line:

#This will allow you to only Monitor the OS boot via SOL

e.Add the following text to the end of the first label=linux line:

-Monitor

f.Add the following line to the first image= section. This enables SOL. append="console=ttyS0,19200n8 console=tty1"

g.Add the following lines between the two image= sections:

#This will allow you to Interact with the OS boot via SOL image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp

label=linux-Interact initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only

root=/dev/hda6

append="console=tty1 console=ttyS0,19200n8 "

The following examples show the original content of the /etc/lilo.conf file and the content of this file after modification.

Original /etc/lilo.conf contents

prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message linear image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12smp

label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12smp.img read-only

root=/dev/hda6 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-e.12

label=linux-up initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-e.12.img read-only

root=/dev/hda6

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