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Linux-Announce Digest #423
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Sun May 25 11:13:57 2003
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Linux-Announce Digest #423, Volume #4 Sun, 25 May 2003 11:13:03 EDT
Contents:
LILO version 22.5.4 released (johninsd at san dot rr dot com)
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From: johninsd at san dot rr dot com <bitbucket@hotmail.com>
Subject: LILO version 22.5.4 released
Date: 25 May 2003 15:00:22 GMT
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LILO release 22.5.4 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21.
Version 22.5.4 is a minor update to version 22.5.3
o Bugs in caching algorithm fixed. With no BIOS data check, IDE drives
are correctly assigned before SCSI drives. Volume ID check corrected.
o Compilation option SUSPEND, for optional booting from a suspend
partition using 'vmdefault='. This is disabled in the standard release.
o Updated 'mkrescue' will produce a bootable diskette without a prior
LILO boot. Plus '--iso' option will produce a bootable CD image.
Version 22.5.3 is a minor update to version 22.5.2
o Handle kernels with DEVFS_FS compiled in, but 'devfs' not mounted and
not supported by the existing /dev directory hierarchy.
Version 22.5.2 is a minor update to version 22.5.1
o Handles reiser4 filesystem
o Bugfixes: raid-extra-boot=/dev/XXX where XXX is outside the raid set,
bootloader get number of hard drives
o -M switch creates backup files of sectors (-s and -S switches)
Version 22.5.1 is a minor update to version 22.5
o Writearounds are included for two BIOS bugs which could kill 22.5:
- Video BIOS destroy's DX register
- BIOS does not pass boot device code in DL
o Boot sector backups are handled in a more consistent fashion.
o Optional configuration file keywords are added: master-boot, boot-as=,
raid-extra-boot=mbr, bios-passes-dl= (or -Z switch).
Version 22.5 is a major update to version 22.4.1
o Booting is based upon industry-standard volume labels (s/n), which are
translated to BIOS device codes. Changes in the disk configuration
which cause the BIOS to assign device codes in a different order should
be transparent to the user.
o 256-color bitmap boot screens are now supported using VESA video BIOS
extensions. Both RGB and RLE encoded *.bmp files are supported.
Version 22.4.1 is a minor update to version 22.4.
Version 22.4 is a minor update to version 22.3.
o Virtual booting is supported with new keywords 'vmdefault', 'vmdisable',
and 'vmwarn'.
Version 22.3 is a major update to version 22.2.
o The distribution consists of /sbin/lilo ONLY; all *.b files are
incorporated within this file (builtin).
o A bitmap file header editor is incorporated (-E flag).
o The map file unifies the second stage, chain, message file, and bitmap
files.
o -E, -F, and -B flags are added (see man pages).
o Chain loader will now pass a command line to a second LILO installation.
o Boot protocol 0203h is now supported. "large-memory" option added to
force initial ramdisk loading to highest memory.
o "vga=" on command line allows any radix input.
Versions 22.2, 22.1, 22.0 are major updates to version 21.
*** THE VERSION 22 RAID1 IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 21.
Those using version 21 should read 'README.raid1' before installing these
new codes. There is a compatibility mode (lilo -x mbr-only) for existing
RAID1 installations which are not going to be converted to the Version 22
implementation.
Source code is available for download from:
http://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site)
Or from the main distribution site:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo (please use)
See the distribution file 'CHANGES' for details of the differences between
22.5.4 and prior releases.
--John Coffman <johninsd at san dot rr dot com>
LILO version 22++ links at:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo
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