# Making the CLFS System Bootable via Colo

This bootloader is for the MIPS based cobalt servers RaQ, RaQ2, Qube, or the Qube2.

Your shiny new CLFS system is almost complete. One of the last things to do is ensure you can boot it. The instructions below apply only to Cobalt RaQ1/RaQ2/Cube2 servers. Information on boot loading for other architectures should be available in the usual resource-specific locations for those architectures.

Earlier, we compiled and installed the Cobalt boot loader software in preparation for this step. Now we will configure our system to boot using Colo. Here is a simple `default.colo` to use.

    cat > /boot/default.colo << "EOF"
    #:CoLo:#
    #
    # load linux
    #
    lcd 'Booting &linux-version;...'
    load vmlinux-&linux-version;.gz
    execute root=/dev/hda2 console=ttyS0,115200 ide1=noprobe
    EOF

Included in `/usr/lib/colo/examples` are more examples of a `default.colo` file.

The FHS stipulates that the bootloader's configuration file should be symlinked to `/etc/{Bootloader Name}`. To satisfy this requirement for Colo, issue the following command:

    mkdir -v /etc/colo &&
    ln -sv /boot/colo/default.colo /etc/colo