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LILO 0.16 released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Mar 4 07:01:43 1995
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 12:39:52 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: almesber@lrc.epfl.ch (Werner Almesberger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: LILO 0.16 released
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Keywords: LILO, Linux, boot loader
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.setup
LILO 0.16 can be found at the following locations
ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.16.tar.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.16.tar.gz
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/lilo/lilo.16.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.16.ps.gz
ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/lilo/lilo.u.16.ps.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.t.16.ps.gz
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/lilo.u.16.ps.gz
As usual, the files on sunsite will be moved to
/pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lilo
There's no pre-build DeskJet output anymore because those files would
be too big.
0.16 fixes various minor bugs and compatibility problems. The CHANGES
section is 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 0.16 in any
distributions.
- Werner
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Changes from version 15 to 16 (26-FEB-1995)
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Boot loader
-----------
- added register dump boot sector (dump.S) for debugging
- chain loaders now clear BP. This might help in some cases where DOS
refused to boot.
Map installer
-------------
- really fixed -R this time
- now suggests to "use a DISK section" (instead of disktab) if HDIO_REQ
fails
- removed incorrect error message when using a disktab
- added check to detect CD-ROMs with major numbers of hard disks
- no longer complains about corrupt partition table if 3D address is
smaller than linear address and (3D) cylinder is 1023 (OS/2 does
is this way)
- LOADER is now required when booting an operating system from any device
than the first hard or floppy disk
- changed header protection macros from _xxx_H_ to xxx_H
- added (untested) support for 2nd IDE controller (major 22)
Documentation and installation
------------------------------
- user.tex is now compatible with LaTeX 2e (\textfont0 problem)
- tech.tex now avoids \SetFigFont (LaTeX 2e again)
- /sbin/lilo is now optimized and stripped when installing
- ASCIIfied "Booting basics" section
- removed all references to the old directory structure
- added description of LOCK in config file
- updated FD TMC-1680 warning
- added reminder to re-run /sbin/lilo when modifying partition tables
- updated list of kernel options
- added detailed description of >2 disks and >1024 cylinders
- added description of putting /boot on a DOS partition
- reordered sections in "Installation and updates"
- updated tech.tex
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