Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version 1.0.0rc6-Sparc64-Pure64

Chapter 10. Installing Basic System Software

10.55. Silo-1.4.11

The Silo package contains the Sparc Improved boot LOader.

10.55.1. Installation of Silo

The following patch fixes compile issues: 

patch -Np1 -i ../silo-1.4.11-fixes-1.patch

Compile the Silo package: 

make

Install the package: 

make install

10.55.2. Contents of Silo

Installed programs: silo, silocheck, maketile, and tilo.

Short Descriptions

silo

Silo bootloader installer. This program installs the first stage into the bootblock.

silocheck

Checks to see whether a file is readable by silo (very handy if you have larger disks).

maketilo

Is a file that is called by the tilo command to build a TFTP boot image.

tilo

Tilo is a tool for building a simple TFTP boot loader which embodies several kernel images for different Sun architectures and a ramdisk root image.