LILO Question (help a n00b)

canadian_coder · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2005 Posts: 58

I'm trying to install LILO (since GRUB is likely having hardware problems) and when I try to I get an error that says it is masked. I was told there was a file that would allow me to unmask LILO so I can emerge it. What is this file and where can I find it?
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ecatmur · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 11:44 pm Post subject:

Depends on your arch. For x86 lilo is stable unmasked. For amd64 lilo is unstable; you need to add a line

sys-boot/lilo ~amd64

to /etc/portage/package.keywords.

All other arches lilo is -arch masked. There's probably a reason for this.
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