> > > lilo -m /scsiroot/boot/map -r /scsiroot
> > > -m specifys which map file, and -r says to chroot to there before doing
> > > anything I have tried with those options and without, in various combos.
> > > But lilo always screws up somewhere.
> >
> > what you want to do instead is lilo -r /scsiroot -m /boot/map
> >
> > the -r happens first, then the path is relative to _that_ root.
>
> Well, I did try:
> lilo -r /scsiroot
> without the -m blah and since the map I was writing to wasn't different
> wrt the root, that should have worked but alas no go. Or am I thinking
> wrong?
no, that should have been correct. Are you getting an error message from
lilo, or just unable to reboot?
here's just a shot in the dark -- make sure your /scsiroot /dev/ directory
is actually populated with special files and not something else (I usually
use tar or dump to copy files because I _know_ they deal with sparse and
special (device) files well).
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