Translating lilo.conf file
 

I am trying to learn what my lilo.conf file is doing. Can someone please interpret for me what is being passed to the kernel with this line:

append="quiet MB devfs=mount mem=1024 hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6 splash=silent"

Append= - This simply tells the bootloader that the following commands are to be added with the initialization of the kernel.

quiet MB = dunno - anyone?

devfs=mount - is telling the kernel to mount the /dev Filesystem

mem=1024 - Linux kernels before 2.0.36 could not recognize more than 64 MB of RAM. This line specifies (in MB) how much RAM your board carries.

hdd=ide-scsi - defines the type of HDD used for this image.

apci=ht - indicates that your machine is configured with apci to hibernate on command - and....

resume=/dev/hdb6 - indicates that upon awakening from hibernation - where to find the RAM image....

splash=silent - means that your splash screen will not display details about the boot process.

A follow up...
 

If I let lilo auto boot to linux, it will hang up. I have found if I hit escape and then enter:

linux mem=1G

that it will then boot fine. Could I edit the append line to say mem=1G instead of the mem=1024. Though it would seem that we are refering to the same amount of memory, my pc hangs on the mem=1024.

That's all very good man. Thanks.

I knew some and not the rest. now I know.

Cheers.

No other way than to try it first hand. GO ahead and tell us what happens.

If you are running a kernel that isn't ancient - then just remove it, and see what happens...