The linear
line causes linear sector addresses to be generated (instead of sector/head/cylinder addresses).
In the sample file, there are two bootable partitions. The first (image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1
.2798.fc6) shows an image labeled linux. The root file system (/) for that image is on partition
/dev/hda6. Read-only indicates that the file system is first mounted read-only, although it is probably
mounted as read/write after a file system check. The inidrd line indicates the location of the
initial RAM disk image used to start the system.
The second bootable partition, which is indicated by the word ???other??? in this example, is on the
/dev/hda1 partition. Because it is a Windows XP system, it is labeled a DOS file system. The table
line indicates the device that contains the partition.
Other bootable images are listed in this file, and you can add another boot image yourself (like
one you create from reconfiguring your kernel as discussed in the next section) by installing the
new image and changing lilo.conf.
After you change lilo.conf, you then must run the lilo command for the changes to take
effect. You may have different boot images for kernels that include different features. Here is the
procedure for modifying the lilo.conf file:
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