> > 1) Boot the system in Linux using the bootdisk.
> > 2) Mount the DOS partition (this should be within 1024 cylinders i.e.
> > 3) Move the /boot to /dos/boot : cp -a /boot /dos ; rm -r /boot
> > 4) Create a symlink for LILO to find at boot: ln -s /dos/boot /boot
> > 5) Move kernel (i.e. /vmlinuz) to /boot/vmlinuz: mv /vmlinuz /boot
> > 6) Edit /etc/lilo.conf to change /vmlinuz to /boot/vmlinuz
>
> A real nifty hack, this should really be put in the FAQ.
>
> One thing I have wondered is how does the booting procedure take into
> account the vmlinuz being stored in different types of filesystems like
i think lilo keeps the track of absolute sector and track for vmlinuz ,
start and end.
and then it is not a problem to load either from fat or vfat, or e2fs, since
this is not necessary, as the absolute sector and track for start and end is
known
and vmlinz is always written contigiously.
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