[gentoo-user] system boot

["Pete" <pi2list@pi2tech.com>]

Someone has given me a system to configure their printer on it.

yababa root # uname -a
Linux yababa.io.spectraitc.com 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 #3 Tue Feb 25 14:40:41 CST
2003 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
yababa root #

When I connect the printer, I get

Feb 26 02:15:57 yababa /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB
product 4e8/326c/100


I figured, the USB support for printer wan not enabled in the kernel. Found
it to be the case. So I rebuilt the kernel.

Now I want to add the new kernel to the existing boot menu and I am baffeled
by some findings. 
The boot menu says it is LILO, so I went to /etc/lilo.conf

This is how it looks

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# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/lilo/files/lilo.conf,v 1.3
2002/09/30 00:55:18 woodchip Exp $
# Author: Ultanium
# Start LILO global section
menu-scheme=Wb
boot = /dev/hda
prompt
#boot=/devices/discs/disc0/disc
map = /boot/System.map
#compact        # faster, but won't work on all systems.
lba32
#if lba32 do not work, use linear
#linear
#if you always want to see the prompt with a 15 second timeout:
timeout=90
delay = 50
vga = normal    # Normal VGA console
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
        image = /boot/bzImage
        root = /dev/hda7
        label = Gentoo
        read-only # read-only for checking
        image = /boot/bzImage.OLD
        root = /dev/hda7
        label = Gentoo_Old
        read-only # read-only for checking
        image = /boot/bzImageAR
        root = /dev/hda7
        label = Gentoo_new
        read-only # read-only for checking
#
# Linux bootable partition config ends

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I added the section
-----------
        image = /boot/bzImageAR
        root = /dev/hda7
        label = Gentoo_new
        read-only # read-only for checking
-----------

This is what I don't understand

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yababa root # ls -l /boot/
total 1272
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       483904 Feb 26 04:56 System.map-2.4.19r10AR
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            1 Jan 12  2003 boot -> .
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       814688 Feb 26 04:40 bzImageAR
yababa root #

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boot points to itself. Before I copied the System.map-2.4.19r10AR and
bzImageAR, there was nothing in there.

How does the system boot? ? ?

Of course if I run /sbin/lilo, the system complains
yababa root # /sbin/lilo
Fatal: open /boot/bzImage: No such file or directory
yababa root #


Any pointers will be greatly appreciated !
Regards
Pete
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