A new alpha test version of LILO can be found on reggae.oit.unc.edu in
pub/pc-stuff/Linux/Incoming as lilo.s.4.tar.Z and lilo.b.4.tar.Z
lilo.s contains source, documentation and support files.
lilo.b contains pre-compiled binaries without source, documentation
and support files. /lib/libc.2.2.2 is needed to run the pre-compiled
executable of the map installer.
(I've also deleted an older, now really obsolete versions.)
This release contains many minor improvements. The most important ones
are a configurable boot delay, a tool to determine SCSI disk parameters
and some protection against weird include file conflicts.
The beginning of the CHANGES file is at the end of this posting.
A few people have reported problems when trying to boot other operating
systems (usually MS-DOS) with LILO, while others report that everything
works. I haven't solved the problem yet, but I'd suggest to use BOOTACTV
(or any other boot switcher) as a temporary work-around, where needed.
- Werner
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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
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- 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.
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