%general-entities; ]> Silo boot, configuring This is for the configuration of silo, similar to what is in bootscripts. cat > ${LFS}/etc/silo.conf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/silo.conf partition = 1 # Boot partition (= root partition) root = /dev/sda1 # Root partition timeout = 150 # Wait 15 seconds before booting the default section image = /boot/lfskernel-&linux-version; label = linux # End /etc/silo.conf EOF If you already have Silo installed on your target system, you do not need to reinstall it. Silo is just a chain loader and has no bearing on the system build. After you get the build copied to when you can boot, you will need to issue the following command: silo -f