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LILO version 17 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Jan 13 17:33:00 1996
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 19:04:33 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
From: almesber@lrc.epfl.ch (Werner Almesberger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: LILO version 17 released
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Keywords: lilo, boot, loader
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.development.system
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LILO 17 can be found at the following locations
ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.17.tar.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.17.tar.gz
and soon also at
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/lilo/lilo.17.tar.gz
On sunsite and lrcftp, there are also pre-built PostScript versions of the
user's guide and of the technical overview:
ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.t.17.ps.gz
ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.u.17.ps.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.t.17.ps.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.u.17.ps.gz
As usual, the files on sunsite will be moved to
/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lilo
Version 17 fixes various minor bugs and compatibility problems. In addition
to that, there is a new feature to boot a fallback image after a reset if
the current image doesn't get far enough (see documentation), and there are
also a few options for modifying the partition table when booting foreign
operating system. I've included the CHANGES section at the end of this
posting.
As usual, it may be a good idea to wait a few weeks to give the bugs a
chance to raise their ugly heads before including LILO 17 in any
distributions.
- - Werner
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Changes from version 16 to 17 (19-DEC-1995)
- -----------------------------
Boot loader
-----------
- changes for FALLBACK and new map section structure (see below)
- LCF_READONLY now disables the LOCK option (and FALLBACK too)
- added command-line option kbd to preload keyboard buffer
- write errors are now reported (Wxx)
- chain loaders now support changing the active partition (enabled with
REWRITE-TABLE)
- chain loader can also "un-hide" a DOS partition if its partition type
has been changed by OS/2 BM (build-time option FIX_TYPE)
- when enabling HIDE_DOS in addition to FIX_TYPE, DOS partitions (except
for the one being booted) are hidden, just like OS/2 BM does (build-time
option HIDE_DOS)
Map installer
-------------
- added FALLBACK option to change default command line before booting
the current image
- added REWRITE-TABLE option to patch partition table at boot time
- added REWRITE_TABLE build-time option to enable REWRITE-TABLE
- added DISK section flag INACCESSIBLE to mark disk as inaccessible for
the BIOS so that the map installer can refuse bad mappings
- options and fallback sectors are now at the beginning of map sections
- -q and -R were accidentially marked as optional in usage
- fixed incorrect partition check for other = <non-root>
Documentation and installation
------------------------------
- changed LILO version numbers to always be of the form <number> instead
of 0.<number>
- README now also contains the version number
- make install now strips /sbin/lilo instead of trying to strip /sbin
- various bug fixes in QuickInst
- added file VERSION containing the current version number and new
make target version to rename ../lilo to ../lilo-<version>
- changed a footnote which yielded an asterisk at the end of a command
line in the ASCII README
- -q and -R were accidentally marked as optional in command-line
descriptions
- mentioned -D option in command line description
- new section "System overview" in the user's manual and several minor
additions
- a few minor corrections and addition of unusual error messages
- the last traces of "old-style" configuration have been removed
- --
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/ Werner Almesberger, DI-LRC,EPFL,CH werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch /
/_IN_R_133__Tel_+41_21_693_6621__Fax_+41_21_693_6610_____________________/
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