Category : Linux Files
Archive   : LILO07.ZIP
Filename : CHANGES

 
Output of file : CHANGES contained in archive : LILO07.ZIP
Changes from version 6 to 7
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Boot sector
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- supports video mode and RAM disk size settings.
- loads original boot sector to make possible additional settings
available.
- now uses defaults from the boot sector even if the boot sector
has been changed after map creation.

Map installer
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- new configuration based on /etc/lilo/config
- can get SCSI geometry without using /etc/lilo/disktab (doesn't
work with 0.98pl6)
- removed support for BIOS codes (name:code)
- removed support for setting the swap device.
- new command-line options: -q, -C and -D

Documentation
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- updated to cover new-style configuration
- extended the plain-ASCII README


Changes from version 5 to 6
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Boot sector
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- added command-line argument passing.
- now clears BSS of traditional images too.
- chain.b is now more careful about register values when invoking
the boot sector of the other OS.
- added an interface for externally provided command lines.
- added experimental recognition of linear addresses.

Map installer
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- fixed opening the disktab file. (Using -f didn't work.)
- fixed use of BIOS codes for the map file: the tilde is now appended
before the BIOS code.
- added a chdir("/") when using -r
- added more sanity checks.
- added generation of linear addresses.

Documentation
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- removed all references to swap device settings in the kernel because
recent kernels don't support that any longer.
- added a troubleshooting section.
- several minor fixes and improvements.


Changes from version 4 to 5
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Map installer
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- added automatic boot sector backup.
- fixed variable block size detection. (Didn't work with the 0.97-pl2
kernel.)
- added the chroot (-r) option.
- made the partition table part of a foreign OS boot descriptor
optional.

Documentation and installation
------------------------------

- most of README has moved into doc.tex (LaTeX)
- added a utility to activate a partition.
- make install now reminds the user to update the map.
- dd is now used in a more efficient way in the Makefile.
(Fewer subshells, etc.)


Changes from version 3 to 4
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Boot sector
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- added a configurable delay.
- added a diagnostic title message.

Map installer
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- fixed all known include file conflicts.
- added support for variable block sizes. (Not used yet.)
- added some more sanity checks.
- added a tool to determine SCSI disk parameters.

Documentation and installation
------------------------------

- extended coverage of SCSI disks.
- make install now backs up chain.b and boot.b of any older LILO
installation. (To say: your system remains bootable even if you
forget to run /etc/lilo/install after the update or if this fails
for some reason.)
- moved the changes section from README into CHANGES.
- a set of pre-compiled executables of lilo, boot.b, chain.b and
dparam.com is available too.


Changes from version 2 to 3
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Boot sector
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- can initialize BSS of unstripped kernels.
- also accepts [Tab] to show the list of known images.

Map installer
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- fixed parsing of the root device specification.
- fixed setting of the root device when the boot image doesn't
define it.
- reduced the number of installable images from 19 to 16. (Because the
descriptors have grown.)

Documentation
-------------

- added a booting basics section.
- many minor changes.


Changes from version 1 to 2
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Boot sector
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- added command-line editing.
- added debugging support (-DDEBUG).
- added support for compacted maps.
- some cosmetic changes.

Map installer
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- major rewrite.
- files that contain "holes" are now handled properly.
- added map compaction.
- devices are now created on the fly only if they can't be found in /dev.
- improved sanity checking.
- can now boot other operating systems.
- can now boot unstripped kernel executables.
- added support for a disk parameter file.
- reduced the number of installable images from 21 to 19.
- changed the command-line syntax.
- root and boot can now be specified on the command line.

Documentation
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- many changes, including correction of some minor errors.


Changes from version 0 to 1
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Boot sector
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- tested as master boot record.
- improved the boot prompt invocation method.
- increased the number of installable images to 21.
- added a help facility.
- improved read error handling and error reporting in the boot loader.
- added a second stage boot loader.

Map installer
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- fixed some minor bugs in the map installer. Removed all compiler
warnings.
- added labeling of images.
- added version checking for the boot sector.
- replaced option -r by -m. -r will be available for a while for
compatibility.
- added booting from device files (that have boot images written on them).
- BIOS device codes can now be specified for boot image files too.
- added concatenation of images. (This is a test feature that will be
changed in the future.)

Documentation
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- some minor documentation errors have been corrected.
- the README now warns that the map has to be rebuilt after the images are
replaced or moved.
- added a files, a hints and an examples section.


  3 Responses to “Category : Linux Files
Archive   : LILO07.ZIP
Filename : CHANGES

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