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>3. Linux Configuration</H1
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>3.1. What?</H2
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> Instead of editing our current working system, we merely create an entry for
our new system. So if something stuffs up, we just reboot and we're fine.
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> Example <TT
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> boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
label=linux
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root=/dev/hda5
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> Just copy, and edit the kernel part, as follows:
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> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2
label=LinuxFromRAID
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img
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root=/dev/sda5
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> Note, how we setup the ramdisk, and we setup the root value. Don't
set it as default yet.
Now run lilo, in verbose mode.
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> If you don't see any errors, we're fine, so halt the system.
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> Put only <STRONG
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Card, the hard drive with the existing Linux system.
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> Boot up, and go into the card bios. Delete the array of the current set.
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