1 Changes from version 22.5.8 to 22.5.9 (08-Apr-2004) John Coffman
5 - Alter NT check for invalid volume ID -- no change on single disk
7 - Make 'prompt' a word. (common.h, first.S)
8 - Add 'bmp-retain' local & global option. (bsect.c, cfg.c, second.S)
9 Retains bitmap after booting.
10 - Add Makefile option "lilo-static:" -- must specifically make it.
11 - Fix setting of "map==boot" for RAID installs. (bsect.c, raid.c)
15 - Skip duplicate VolumeIDs in second stage, in case a disk has been
16 added to the system. (volume.S)
20 - Update QuickInst to reflect absence of 'activate', using lilo -A
23 Changes from version 22.5.7.2 to 22.5.8 (09-Oct-2003) John Coffman
27 - Add "max-partitions=" to the "disk=" section to enable support
28 for user-defined devices. (geometry.c)
29 - Color range extended to 0-255 (from 0-15) for 256 color bitmaps.
30 (bsect.c, edit.c, common.c)
31 - Make VolumeID scan skip INACCESSIBLE drives (device.c)
32 - Automatically skip ATARAID drives with "ataraid" keyword and
33 mark all underlying drives INACCESSIBLE. (device.c, cfg.c)
35 - REMOVE the above ATARAID stuff.
37 - Add "static-BIOS-codes" to bypass VolumeID booting. (bsect.c,
39 - Add test for setup > MAX_SETUPSECS. (boot.c)
40 - Open '/proc/partitions' before 'chroot' with -r flag (lilo.c)
43 Changes from version 22.5.7 to 22.5.7.2 (20-Aug-2003) John Coffman
47 - Eliminate f2.S; combine all into first.S. (loader.S, Makefile)
48 - Fix -I to work with "change automatic". (partition.c)
49 - Correct warning message condition in pf_hard_disk_scan. (device.c)
50 - Modify warning message condition: unknown video adapter. (bsect.c)
51 - Fix problem with "devfs" in 'cache_scsi'. (device.c) (22.5.7.1)
54 Changes from version 22.5.6 to 22.5.7 (10-Aug-2003) John Coffman
58 - Int 13h, fn 08h/48h differing geometries depends on LBA32 &
59 verbosity level (probe.c)
60 - Bug fix for geo_query_dev uninited geo->device (geometry.c)
61 - preload_dev_cache is now sensitive to devfs present (device.c)
62 - Alter lookup_dev to not check for existence of device; just
63 return the name if it is in the cache (device.c)
64 - PROBE_VERSION==6 always report fn 48h parameters; print nicer
65 output for "-T geom" switch (probe.c)
66 - Account for drive mapping in volume.S so that multiple chain's
67 will operate correctly on RAID1 installations.
68 - Experiment: sort MAJOR_HPT370 (114) as (2) (device.c)
69 - Raid install: suppress warning if 'mbr-only' or 'mbr' (raid.c)
73 - First stage uses rewritten I/O routine & processed disk addresses
74 (6 bytes); now enough space for VE call; no FF (f2.S, first.S)
78 - Update 'mkrescue' to dynamically determine the loopback device;
79 makes it devfs-friendly (mkrescue 2.3)
80 - mbr & mbr2 will pass lilo parameters through to destination (mbr.S)
83 Changes from version 22.5.5 to 22.5.6 (29-Jun-2003) John Coffman
87 - Strict limit on PARMLINE to 255 characters + NUL (second.S)
88 - Move 'volume.S' and 'shs3.S' variables to .bss after PARMLINE.
89 - Use DL from first stage on raid reads (volume.S)
93 - Generate 'version' information to track changes (common.c)
94 - Eliminate raid assigning all devices to the same device code (raid.c)
97 Changes from version 22.5.4 to 22.5.5 (16-Jun-2003) John Coffman
101 - Improve fetch() to avoid redundant reads on failure (probe.c)
102 - Add 'el-torito-bootable-cd' switch (cfg.c, bsect.c)
103 - Check for initial ramdisks too big to fit between 4M-15M (boot.c)
104 - Enhanced '-A' (activate) works for extended part. (partition.c)
105 - Separate PT check & S/N check in 'bios_dev' (probe.c)
106 - Allow chain loader > 3 sectors (boot.c)
107 - Attach -P switch to universal cfg_set() (lilo.c)
108 - Check for active partition (part_verify, partition.c)
112 - Terminate floppy emulation on boot from El Torito CD (second.S)
113 - Complain of possible kernel overwrite if initrd loads below 4M
117 - Merges second stage drive map with any existing drive map; then
118 merges its own drive map (chain.S)
122 - Enhanced 'mbr.S' will look at extended partitions
123 - Compensate in 'mbr.S' for AHA-2940 bios bug (ES:BX needed)
126 Changes from version 22.5.3.1 to 22.5.4 (25-May-2003) John Coffman
130 - Remove all references to FLAG_RAID_NOWRITE (lilo.h, raid.c)
131 - Add flags to -I option: D (default), a (append) (identify.c)
132 - Add warning about initial RAM disks too big for 15M (boot.c)
133 - Check specifically for switches which take no args (lilo.c)
134 - Sorted assignment of BIOS device codes if no BIOS data (device.c)
135 - Fix serial number naming bug (device.c)
139 - Remove all references to FLAG_RAID_NOWRITE (second.S)
140 - Allow '-DSUSPEND=0xNN' to specify a primary partition, which, if
141 active, indicates a virtual boot; for DELL suspend option (second.S)
145 - Get 'mkrescue' to use the -I 'D' and 'a' flags (mkrescue)
146 - Add --iso option to 'mkrescue' (mkrescue 2.0)
149 Changes from version 22.5.3 to 22.5.3.1 (12-May-2003) John Coffman
153 - Update to fix Segmentation fault in "lilo -T geom" (probe.c)
156 Changes from version 22.5.2 to 22.5.3 (10-May-2003) John Coffman
160 - Update smart_cache to account for DEVFS irregularities (device.c)
161 - Call smart_cache from lilo.c, not within preload_dev_cache (lilo.c)
162 - Add FLAG_BD_OKAY to suppress the writing to the map file if previous
163 BIOS data collection worked okay (bsect.c)
167 - Update mkrescue to 1.3 to suppress spruious messages with 22.5.2
168 due to smart_cache scan of hard disks (mkrescue), and add --size
169 argument for making 1.2M floppy, instead of 1.44M floppy
172 Changes from version 22.5.1 to 22.5.2 (01-May-2003) John Coffman
176 - Compilation fix for lilo.c (printf macro, again)
177 - Updates to handle reiser4. (geometry.c)
178 - Smart device caching if "/proc/partitions" is present. (device.c)
179 - '-M' switch creates a backup file subject to '-s' & '-S' (partition.c)
180 - Fix "raid-extra-boot=" for devices outside of the raid set (bsect.c)
184 - Fix calls to get number of hard disk devices (first.S & mbr.S)
187 Changes from version 22.5 to 22.5.1 (28-Mar-2003) John Coffman
191 - Put all backups and force-backups on the same footing.
192 - Allow only 1 backup file per major/minor device code, in case
193 a volume id is written, then the sector is backed up again.
194 - Fix bug in 'do_table' error reporting "Not a device". (probe.c)
195 - 'lilo -T video' will now check for Enable Screen Refresh bios bug.
196 - Added 'boot-as=' as global and other= option; 'master-boot' now
197 global option, too. (boot.c, chain.S)
198 - Add additional parameter to 'raid-extra-boot=mbr'; like 'mbr-only'
199 but writes boot record to RAID1 partition, too.
200 - Set 'bios-passes-dl=DL_GOOD' on '-x none' or '-x auto' with no
201 partitions other than primary. Issue warning message. (raid.c)
202 - Fix problems when 'boot=' is omitted. (raid.c, bsect.c)
206 - Protect DL against video BIOS clobbering it.
207 - Load second stage at 0880:0000, unconditionally. It will move
208 itself to where it wants to run. (first.S)
209 - Verify DL device code passed from BIOS into first stage. Verify
210 failure causes bypass of FLAG_MAP_ON_BOOT check. (first.S)
211 - Reconfigure headers of first & second stages for string compare
212 for verification that second stage is loaded. (first.S)
213 - Update bios data check to collect boot DX & enable screen refresh
214 registers for check for state of BIOS (PROBE_VERSION 5).
215 - Allow "mem=<size>#<start>" and "mem=<size>$<start>" to pass to
216 2.5 kernels. (second.S)
220 - Incorporate protection for DX in master boot record. (mbr.S)
223 Changes from version 22.4.1 to 22.5 (04-Mar-2003) John Coffman
227 - Add timestamp to boot sector for this unique LILO installation;
228 use the map creation time (bsect.c).
229 - Allow 0 as a parameter to the '-A' switch, to indicate deactivation
230 of all partitions (partition.c).
231 - Meaning of '-w' flag expanded: '-w+' turns on warnings, even if
232 configuration file says 'nowarn'.
233 - Create 32-bit volume labels on all hard disks.
234 - Mark boot sector if map file is on same disk as boot sector.
235 - Backup options -s & -S may specify directory or filename template,
236 in addition to existing filename.
237 - Update bitmap editor to handle 256 color bitmap files.
238 - For 'other=', add the flag 'master-boot' to indicate an OS which
239 is required to boot from drive 0x80.
240 - Check boot loader selected against video adapter; issue warnings.
244 - Move two disk addresses (dflcmd, message/bitmap) to keytable area
245 to diminish size of First Stage loader.
246 - Fix RAID bug on writes to arrays with 3 or more active disks.
247 - Boot by volume label, not BIOS device code.
248 - If map file marked on same vol as boot sector, use boot BIOS device
249 code to access secondary loader in map file (UNIFY compile option
251 - RAID1 uses volume labels for lock, fallback, cmdline rewrites.
252 - Update 'bmp' loader to allow 640x480x256 color bitmaps on adapters
253 which support VESA mode 0x101.
254 - Fix the nagging Passed Boot Command line *Interrupt* bug.
255 - Extend timestamp to the second stage loader (mapstamp).
259 - Chain loader will pass command line to relocated boot record.
260 - Add support to dynamically add drive swapping for 'master-boot'
261 flag: swap boot BIOS device code with 0x80 (or 0).
265 - Master Boot Record (mbr.S) exits to BIOS on error (int 0x18).
268 Changes from version 22.4 to 22.4.1 (27-Jan-2003) John Coffman
272 - Fix compilation typos
275 Changes from version 22.3.4 to 22.4 (24-Jan-2003) John Coffman
279 - Add keywords vmdefault, vmdisable, vmwarn.
280 - Print volume serial numbers with "-T geom".
284 - Add support for keywords vmdefault, vmdisable, vmwarn.
285 - First stage loader exits to BIOS on error (int 0x18).
289 - Change pause requiring user input to delay (in debugging mode).
292 Changes from version 22.3.3 to 22.3.4 (01-Nov-2002) John Coffman
296 - Remove exit() call from unbootable() (bsect.c) so die() displays
298 - Fix boot errors when boot record relocation occurs in a RAID1
299 installation. (bsect.c)
300 - Fix Failsafe partition table overwrite check. (bsect.c)
304 - Recognize command line "mem=<size>@<start>" for the 2.4 kernels.
307 Changes from version 22.3.2 to 22.3.3 (30-Aug-2002) John Coffman
311 - Suppress warning message about .shs file older than config file,
312 if '-p' is already specified.
313 - Change FLAG_SAVE to really be complement of FLAG_RAID_xxx.
314 - Add EVMS patches from Kevin Corry <corryk@us.ibm.com>
315 Enterprise Volume Management Project <evms-devel@lists.sf.net>
316 - get UNSAFE to work on hard disks, too (geometry.c) with
317 "disk=/dev/hdXX bios=0x8X inaccessible"
318 - allow BIOS_MAX_HEADS to be 256; 255 is the REAL max, but there
319 are some oddball BIOS's which allow 256
322 Changes from version 22.3.1 to 22.3.2 (11-Jul-2002) John Coffman
326 - Fix bug in 'mbr.S' to correctly use 'lba32' on large disks
329 Changes from version 22.3 to 22.3.1 (16-Jun-2002) John Coffman
333 - Correct reporting of command line segment (probe.c).
334 - Correct check for Bitmap table image_menu_space exceeded.
335 - Output actual geometry when Kernel/BIOS differ, or int 13h, functions
336 08h/48h differ (probe.c).
337 - 'bios_dev' changes to cope with kernel 2.4.18 returning different
338 disk geometry than previous kernels. Use int 13h/fn 8h disk
339 geometry, where possible (probe.c).
340 - Add "k" option to -I flag to support mkrescue 1.2.
344 - Bug fix for FF in text in 'say:' routine (save/restore BX).
348 - Create 'pseudo.b' -- a pseudo kernel header for loading arbitrary
349 binaries at 1000:0000. See 'README.pseudo' for details.
350 - Change "make floppy" to create both 1.5.4 and 2.1.1 diagnostics.
351 - 'mkrescue' now handles keytable translations with --keymap (1.2).
354 Changes from version 22.2 to 22.3 (19-May-2002) John Coffman
358 - Update 'mkrescue' to work with 22.3
359 - Integate bitmap file header Editor with 'lilo -E'
360 - Upgrade boot diagnostic to check for memory area overlap in
361 int 15h, function E820h, bios call, and to check for 24-bit
362 moves to high memory, when a 32-bit address is used.
366 - Try again to fix the CRC/SHS compilation problem for gcc 3.XX
368 - Resolve links in verbose bootloader output from boot.c (patch
369 from R. Coker) + extend to RAM disk, message, & bitmap files.
370 Essentially superseded by BUILTIN option.
371 - Fix minor -I bug when change rules repeat in another 'other='
372 - Implement UNIFY (copy 2nd stage loader, bitmap, and/or message
373 file into the map file).
374 - Implement BUILTIN - first and second stage loaders, chain loaders,
375 and mbr loader is built into the /sbin/lilo executable. No more
376 file incompatibilities.
377 - Fill in bitmap file Location, Color, and Timer parameters from
378 a header in the bitmap file; config file overrides; add utilities
379 on the -E switch to manipulate parameters in the BM file header.
380 - Pass size of 2nd stage loader to 1st stage; probe reflects proper
382 - Fatal error if any of "lock", "nobd", "vga=", and "kbd=" are in an
383 append= or literal= in the config file.
384 - "optional" now will skip an image if the initrd is not present,
385 just as it will now skip if the kernel is not present.
386 - Eliminate 'start_page' from the image descriptor.
387 - Correct and beautify output from verify_partition in partition.c.
388 - Issue warning when BIOS geometry and kernel geometry differ.
389 - Add '-E' switch for handling bitmap file LILO headers.
390 - Interactive password input is no longer echoed.
391 - Add '-F' flag to override XFS, swap, NTFS partition checks.
392 - DOS paritions will cause boot loader relocation.
393 - Add '-B' flag to specify bitmap file on command line.
394 - Modify bsect.c(bsect_common) to use 'image' flag.
395 - Check for space/control-char in image name, label, alias.
396 - Implement 'large-memory' flag in the prompt variable.
397 - Report change rules (-q) without stopping on 0 offset in PT.
401 - Now sensitive to command line in ES:DI; will pass it on if there
402 are args after the 'BOOT_IMAGE=xxxxx' prefix.
403 - Limit command line passing to boot sectors having the 'LILO' sig-
404 nature only. (Will miss relocated boot sectors, however.)
405 - Fix 'revmap1' to save SI, so partition change rules are okay.
409 - First stage now verifies signatures in second stage loader
411 - Fix bugs in bitmap display when there is a locked command line
412 and it is interrupted: cmdline clobbered, descr selection,
413 and top line lowlite display.
414 - Bitmap display dynamically computes number of rows in selection
415 menu -- just like the menu interface.
416 - Memory allocation by 1st stage for the 2nd is now variable, rather
417 than fixed at the largest (boot-bmp.b).
418 - Issue "BIOS data check successful/bypassed" message.
419 - First stage loader begins with short jmp, and still allows relocation
420 - 'map_create' checks 'extra' on a RAID installation
421 - Load initrd AFTER the kernel: supports boot protocol 0203h and
422 "mem=" within an append=XXX. "mem=" on command line replaces "mem="
424 - Load sequence: kernel header, initrd (alt. map), kernel proper
425 - "vga=" on command line now allows any radix input; viz., 0xHHHH
426 - With no 'start_page', the high starting address is obtained from
427 the kernel header directly.
428 - Add INITRDLOW compilation switch, and add check for bios that mucks
429 with high byte of 386 address (int 15h, fn 87h).
430 - Only use 32-bit move address with 'large-memory' flag in prompt
431 variable, otherwise sitck with 24-bit address (<15M).
432 - Compensate for buggy BIOS in int 15h, fn E820h call to avoid
433 overlapping memory areas
436 Changes from version 22.1 to 22.2 (05-Feb-2002) John Coffman
440 - Fix bsect.c compilation problem (l.241) on newer GCC libraries
441 - Add "suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data" flag to config file
442 - Add LVM support patches, courtesy of Andreas Dilger:
443 <adilger@users.sourceforge.net>
444 - Make sure image descriptor is zeroed to start
445 - Fix 'lilo -p' segfault with password=explicit
446 - Fix 'lilo -q' to handle relocated boot sectors on floppies
450 - Add a video mode set to mbr.S and first.S to accomodate Dell/
451 Windows XP disabled video on startup
452 - Add mt_flag to KEYTABLE menu area for automatic suppression
453 of bios data collection in case of failure
454 - Vary placement of initrd: (memory <= 64M) ==> load below 15M,
455 whereas (memory > 64M) load just above 64M; use int 15h, fn's
456 E820 & E801 to determine memory size > 64M
457 - DELL_DIRTY_HACK enables video with int 10h, fn=12h, subfn=36h
458 - Shorten read.S by making 1 mov AX into mov AH
459 - Fix first.S pread to use index buffer at 0x7E00, not 0x0200
460 - Limit BIOS data collection for HD to # drives returned by
461 fn 8, dev 80h (in DL)
465 - Fix bug in CHANGE / MAP-DRIVE interaction when change is to
466 other than boot drive
470 - Add a video mode set to disk.S to accomodate Dell/Windows XP
471 disabled video on startup
472 - Add pauses between stages of output to make reading easier
473 - Add "$(OBJS): mylilo.h" dependency to Makefile
474 - Add 'diagnose' directory with version 2 of the disk diagnostic
475 - Add LGPLicence for Robert de Bath's code
476 - Limit diagnostic 2.0 probe for HD to # drives returned by int 13h
477 fn 8, dev 80h (in DL)
480 Changes from version 22.0.2 to 22.1 (31-Oct-2001) John Coffman
484 - Add version 1.0 of 'mkrescue'
488 - Support 4 more SCSI controllers & IBM iSeries v.disk.
489 - Add M-Systems Disk-On-Chip devices 62(?) and 93
490 - Fix bug in 'part_verify' to correct partition mask.
491 - Passwords use SHS (FIPS PUB 180-1) 160-bit hash or 64-bit CRC-32
492 - RAID1 relocations now check for files within the boot Raid
494 - Correct operation of -I flag; add option "r" (now "i" & "r")
495 - Strengthen "part_verify" to disallow installing on secondary
496 partitions (in addition to primary partitions) other than Linux
501 - Allow variable number of Descriptor Sectors (DSECS=n)
502 - Load second-stage loader using single sector map segment; removes
503 size constraint on second-stage loader (15->~100 sectors).
504 - First-stage loader avoids BPB area -- doesn't clobber FAT16 --
506 - RAID1 sector address relocation performed only if flagged.
509 Changes from version 22.0.1 to 22.0.2 (13-Oct-2001) John Coffman
513 - Fix 'partition.c' to compile with 2.4.12 kernel headers
514 - Fix compilation bug to allow omission of -DBDATA from Makefile
518 - Add BIOS data collection VERBOSE diagnostic.
521 Changes from version 22.0 to 22.0.1 (02-Oct-2001) John Coffman
525 - Fixed password security hole to create 'lilo.conf.crc' with
526 mode 0600 (not 0644).
529 Changes from version 21.7.5 to 22.0 (29-Aug-2001) John Coffman [released 9/27]
533 - Passwords are now hashed using a CRC-32 checksum. Allows
534 for a full pass-PHRASE
535 - Using password="" (null string) will trigger interactive pass-
536 phrase input; such passphrases persist until -p switch is used
537 to force re-creation of CRC save file: 'lilo.conf.crc'
538 - Password options expanded. Now there are 'mandatory', 're-
539 stricted', and 'bypass', strongest to weakest. 'mandatory'
541 - The config file parser now handles garbage input with a good
542 diagnostic, rather than an unexpected parse.
543 - RAID installations now create a single map file, install the
544 boot record on the RAID partition, install auxiliary boot
545 records only on MBRs if needed, except BIOS device 0x80. Back-
546 ward compatibility is possible with new config-file and command
547 line options (raid-extra-boot= or '-x' switch). Even with
548 stored boot command lines ('-R', lock, fallback), RAID set
549 coherency can be maintained.
550 - Add the '-A' switch to activate a partition. Replaces activate.c.
551 - Add the '-M' switch to allow restoration of a Master Boot Record.
552 - Allow 'loader=' in the global section of config file.
553 - Add 'bitmap=' to specify a 640x480x16 bitmap file to be used as
554 a splash screen upon booting. RGB (uncompressed) and RLE (com-
555 pressed) Windows/OS2 bitmaps are supported.
556 - Add 'bmp-table=', 'bmp-colors=', and 'bmp-timer=' to support posi-
557 tioning and color specification for bitmap screens.
558 - Modify 'bmp-X' input routines to allow pixel addressing (in addition
559 to the character addressing).
560 - Use bios data from boot-time to help identify bios device codes.
561 - Add 'geometric' and the '-g' switch to specify sector/head/cylinder
563 - Add LBA32 compile switch, and make it the default: 'lba32' is now
564 assumed, unless 'geometric' or 'linear' is specified.
565 - Raid scans 'raid_disks + spare_disks'
566 - Add HPT370 controller (major device 114)
570 - os2_d.b may now be obsolete with extensive checking added
571 to chain.b to see if it should fill in bytes 24 & 25 in the
573 - boot-bmp.b generated to display bitmapped boot screen
574 - read.S updated to allow #heads==256 (bios not IBM-compliant)
575 - disk.S updated to 1.4 to account for #heads==256 (hosed bios)
576 - second.S updated to allow for EBDA > 64k
579 Changes from version 21.7.4 to 21.7.5 (26-Apr-2001) John Coffman
583 - Correct DAC960 partition mask -- again.
587 - Reverse map device code if "map-drive" is in effect
590 Changes from version 21.7.3 to 21.7.4 (10-Apr-2001) John Coffman
594 - Issue warning when CHANGE AUTOMATIC is to be inserted.
595 - Correct DAC960 partition mask.
599 - Fix password timeout security hole which allowed booting with-
600 out entering a password.
603 Changes from version 21.7.1 to 21.7.2 (20-Mar-2001) John Coffman
604 (issued as "patch-21.7.1-to-21.7.2-diff.txt)
608 - Add several devices supported by the 2.4.2 kernel only
609 - Bugfix for -I switch
612 Changes from version 21.7 to 21.7-1 (08-Mar-2001) John Coffman
613 (issued as "patch-21.7-to-21.7.1-diff.txt")
617 - Makefile is simplified to remove 'filesize.c'
618 - New devices are added (Compaq), and ide5 is made to work
619 - A new diagnostic is added for when the '-r' switch is used
620 - Raid update for devfs support
623 Changes from version 21.6.1 to 21.7 (24-Feb-2001) John Coffman
627 - Added code to 'do_cr_auto' to account for 'devfs' specifications
628 - Corrected code for -u/-U switches to make argument optional
629 - Fix for I2O major block device (SCSI raid)
630 - Expanded 'default=' error message
631 - Fix to strip <cr> from 'lilo.conf' to accomodate DOS text files
632 - Changed & expanded setup of serial line parameter specifier
636 - Accepts new serial line parameter and supports higher baud rates
639 Changes from version 21.6 to 21.6.1 (16-Dec-2000) John Coffman
643 - Bug fix to make '-r' and '-s' swithes work correctly.
644 - Bug fix for automatic change-rules to work correctly.
645 - Re-order some includes for glibc-2.2 compilation.
649 - Added compile time option 'HP_TTRC' to add a 150ms delay
650 to boot process to accomodate HP TTRC card.
653 Changes from version 21.5.1 to 21.6 (01-Oct-2000) John Coffman
657 - Corrects license wording problems by issuing all code and
658 documentation under a BSD license.
662 - Supports booting from Reiser FileSystem 3.6.18 and later,
663 without the need to mount 'notail'.
664 - Added -T diagnostic capability, which includes real-mode
665 bios tests. "make floppy" is still supported for patho-
666 logical installations.
667 - Updated default change-rules. Added "change/automatic"
668 facility, as well as automatic generation of change-rules in
669 the abscence of "change" keyword.
673 - Dynamically determines where second-stage loader is loaded,
674 thus allowing maximum room for kernel setup.S real-mode
676 - First-stage loader no longer relocates itself.
679 Changes from version 21.5 to 21.5.1 (24-Aug-2000) John Coffman
683 - Perl script keytab-lilo.pl updated for problem static decls
684 - Corrected assertion of DTR/RTS at all serial bitrates
688 - Fix for RAID segmentation fault if boot= is not specified
689 - Fix for RAID to allow enough characters in expanded names
692 Changes from version 21.4.4 to 21.5 (17-Jul-2000) John Coffman
696 - Now recognizes the option `table=<letter>' to support
697 booting OS/2 or DOS-like systems from a secondary partition.
698 - Supports `menu-title=<string>' and `menu-scheme=<color-spec>'
699 to all customization of the Boot Loader menu-driven user
700 interface (see Boot Loader, below).
701 - Updated man-pages (lilo and lilo.conf) for all new features
702 (and even some older ones).
706 - Completely new menu-driven user interface. Preserves backward
707 compatibility with command line interface on console or serial
708 terminal. Menu title may be specified in 'lilo.conf'. Menu
709 color scheme may be customized on VGA, but is fixed on MDA.
710 - Passes cmdline to kernel in Setup.S, not bootsect.S, if kernel
711 header is 0x0202 or greater. Uses old bootsect.S method for
712 0x0201 kernels and earlier
713 - Uses significatly less memory, none above 0x099200, to account
714 for large Extended BIOS Data Areas of up to 27K. Allows for
715 considerable growth in kernel's Setup.S code.
716 - Default compile is without LARGE_EBDA, so zImages up to 512k
721 - The OS/2 chain loader, `os2_d.b', now correctly sets parameters
722 for booting OS/2 from an extended partition. This requires use
723 of a new form of the `table=' option.
727 - The .asciz pseudo-op has been removed so that the utility will
728 assemble under earlier versions of the as86 assembler.
729 - Now reports EBDA information.
732 Changes from version 21.4.3 to 21.4.4 (10-Jun-2000) John Coffman
736 - Added a minor RAID patch from Richard Bollinger: 'lilo-21_4_3.also'
737 http://www.elliott-turbo.com/lilo/
738 - Expand COMPACT/LINEAR warning message to include COMPACT/LBA32
742 - LARGE_EBDA option now loads second stage loader at 800:0000, and
743 position of command line is changed; makes room for 512K kernels
745 - Minor optimizations when ES is reloaded (PUSH/POP) vs (mov thru AX)
746 - Serial line now turns on DTR/RTS at initialization
747 - Minor bugfix in numeric conversion (k/K-suffix)
751 - The disk.com utility no longer requires 'nasm' to assemble. The
752 source code now makes the diagnostic floppy with "make floppy".
755 Changes from version 21.4.2 to 21.4.3 (06-May-2000) John Coffman
759 - Added RAID patches from 'lilo.raid1.also' from Richard Bollinger
760 http://www.elliott-turbo.com/lilo/lilo.raid1.also
763 Changes from version 21-3 to 21.4.2 (12-Apr-2000) -- John Coffman
767 - bugfix in 'read.S' that disabled the combination 'linear' with
768 'compact' ( '-l' and '-c' together).
769 - fixed numeric convesions; kernel accepts octal, decimal, and hex, so
770 octal is now recognized by the boot loader.
771 - bugfix patch where ES segment prefix was ommitted (RHL 'second.patch')
772 - bugfix for compilation with 'LARGE_EBDA' option which caused command
773 line passed to the kernel to be truncated at 78 characters
777 - RHL6.2 loopdev updates added
780 Changes from version 21 to 21-3 (24-FEB-2000) -- John Coffman
781 ----------------------------- <johninsd@san.rr.com>
786 - will boot from disks up to 2048Gb in size, as long as the BIOS allows
787 the Enhanced BIOS calls for 32-bit sector addressing using packet calls.
788 - checks if BIOS supports packet calls (int 0x13, AH=0x42), and uses
789 these calls if 'lba32' was specified. Otherwise, it uses
790 the C:H:S addressing scheme of the original IBM-PC BIOS.
791 - the disk read routine is separated into its own source file, "read.S",
792 which is included in the first-stage, and second-stage loader codes.
793 The first stage loader uses a very stripped down read routine, since it
794 only deals in single sector transfers.
795 - if BIOS does not support 32-bit packet calls, and the cylinder address
796 overflows when the 32-bit address is converted to C:H:S, then a "9f"
797 error code is issued.
802 - added the '-L' command line switch and 'lba32' configuration file
804 - map compaction of 'lba32' addresses is supported with the existing
805 '-c' switch (or 'compact' configuration file global option).
806 - floppy disks now will always fall back to C:H:S addressing.
807 - changed the -v option to now accept a single digit to set the verbosity
808 level; e.g., 'lilo -v 5 ...' replaces 'lilo -v -v -v -v -v ...'
809 for maximum diagnostic output.
810 - LILO version information is moved to the file 'version.h', and VERSION
811 is now deleted. This allows for tracking of VERSION_MAJOR (=21) and
812 VERSION_MINOR (=3) for this and future code paths.
817 - Inspired by 'dparam.com', a much more extensive BIOS test program is
818 included with this version. Called 'disk.com', it was developed
819 under DOS, and requires 'nasm' to be assembled.
820 - DISK.COM will probe the BIOS for disks supported by the BIOS, and report
821 on their CHS geometry. If EDD is supported, the EDD geometry is also
822 reported. If disks with cylinder numbers of 1024 or above are detected,
823 it will issue a recommendation to use LILO with the 'lba32' option.
824 - Creation of the bootable floppy image version of this utility is in-
825 complete at this time.
828 Changes from version 20 to 21 (5-DEC-1998)
829 -----------------------------
834 - cylinder calculation could overflow when using LINEAR (fix by Jonas
835 Aaberg and an anonymous contributor)
836 - first-stage loader code begins with the byte 0xFA (a CLI instruction).
837 This works around the "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" blue screen bug of
838 Windows NT 4 (reported by too many people to mention)
839 - new build-time option LARGE_EBDA to load boot loader in the 0x8xxxx area
840 instead of the 0x9xxxx area (disabled by default; problem reported by
846 - new build-time option USE_TMPDIR to honor TMPDIR when creating temporary
847 devices (disabled by default)
848 - now only 0x1b6 bytes of the boot sector are overwritten, which preserves
849 the passwords DR DOS stores there (fixed by Roy Millar)
850 - -u and -U accidently implied -v
851 - "BIOS drive 0xNN may not be accessible" warning was printed in cases
852 where the drive code was never used (fixed by Andries Brouwer)
853 - change rule for DOS16_big incorrectly used DOS16_small_hidden when
854 hiding (fixed by Anthony Richardson)
855 - RESET in CHANGE-RULES did not remove default rules (fixed by Kurt
857 - added support for Mylex DAC960 PCI RAID controllers (by Leonard Zubkoff)
858 - added support for third to sixth IDE interface
859 - build-time option READONLY was not used properly
860 - fixed a few harmless compiler warnings
862 Documentation and installation
863 ------------------------------
865 - user's guide claimed that partitions are hidden by setting the highest
866 bit in the type (i.e. 0x80). The correct value is 0x10, which is also
867 what is used in the code.
868 - removed useless (and potentially harmful) DEFAULT_PATH from
869 keytab-lilo.pl (fixed by Andries Brouwer)
870 - consistency of build-time options is now checked before build starts
871 - QuickInst has now limited knowledge of multi-disk configurations
872 - doc/Makefile: added targets user.ps and tech.ps
873 - user's guide still claimed that kernels can't be larger than 512 kB
874 (reported by Jean-Albert Ferrez)
875 - weird description of the purpose of option BEEP (reported by Tom Toffoli)
878 Changes from version 19 to 20 (20-JUN-1997)
879 -----------------------------
884 - now supports 19200 bps and 38400 bps on the serial line (UNTESTED)
885 - when reaching the end of the command line buffer, input is ignored
886 instead of being treated like [Enter] (by Martin Mares)
887 - fixed numerous bugs in patching of heap end pointer in setup.S (by Martin
889 - images can now optionally be launched with a single keystroke (no [Enter]
891 - now supports non-US keyboard layouts
896 - DISK sections may now also define non-disk devices, e.g. /dev/ram
897 - increased debug level for the "Caching device ..." message
898 - changed the chain loader format to allow sizes > 512 Bytes
899 - chain loader now supports arbitrary drive mappings (option MAP-DRIVE)
900 - chain loader now supports arbitrary partition table modifications (option
902 - removed the configuration option REWRITE-TABLE
903 - removed the build-time options FIX_TABLE and HIDE_DOS
904 - added the global configuration option CHANGE-RULES plus sub-options
905 RESET, TYPE, NORMAL, and HIDDEN
906 - OTHER sections have new configuration option CHANGE plus sub-options
907 PARTITION, SET, ACTIVATE, and DEACTIVATE
908 - OTHER sections have new configuration option MAP-DRIVE with sub-option TO
909 - now only 0x1b8 bytes of the boot sector are overwritten, which preserves
910 some magic numbers NT stores there
911 - compiles with 2.1 kernels (asm/boot.h problem - reported by many people)
912 - should also compile under 0.93 or such again (required NORMAL_VGA etc.,
913 which didn't exist back then)
914 - lilo -q now prints unknown VGA modes also in hex (by Martin Mares)
915 - option SINGLE-KEY to allow single-key activation
916 - -Wno-parentheses is no longer needed
917 - didn't complain if image label was equal to alias
918 - removed some ancient dead code
919 - new option KEYTABLE to specify non-standard keyboard mappings
920 - PS/2 ESDI disk (/dev/eda and /dev/edb) support (by Andrew Kroll)
921 - geometry.c:last_dev now only probes for the first two IDE disks
922 - because chain.b is used for everything anyway, specifying the chain
923 loader when booting from a driver other than the first one is no longer
926 Documentation and installation
927 ------------------------------
929 - changed all references to nic.funet.fi to ftp.funet.fi
930 - updated the user's guide and did some restructuring (many changes)
931 - QuickInst no longer puts ramdisk=0 into lilo.conf
932 - QuickInst now consistently checks for LILO >= version 15
933 - make clean and make spotless now also remove dump.s and dump.b (by
935 - changed package names from lilo[.part].<version> to
936 lilo[-part]-<version> for compatibility with sunsite's archive
938 - new tool keytab-lilo.pl to generate LILO keyboard tables
939 - updated t2a.pl to a version compatible with Perl 5
940 - READONLY implicitly turns off REWRITE_TABLE
943 Changes from version 18 to 19 (21-MAY-1996)
944 -----------------------------
949 - new compile-time option to beep after displaying "LILO"
954 - common.h broke compilation if CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is enabled
955 - no longer tries to interpret dollar signs and such in comments
956 - check for too many images didn't work (patch by Andries Brouwer)
958 Documentation and installation
959 ------------------------------
961 - removed some "dead" targets in Makefile
962 - stopped using -N, because recent binutils link statically then
963 - INCOMPAT no longer promises that REWRITE_TABLE will be fixed in
967 Changes from version 17 to 18 (16-MAY-1996)
968 -----------------------------
973 - added ability to load data (e.g. kernels) at addresses >= 0x100000
974 - added support for loading an initial RAM disk
975 - any_*.b became too big when using REWRITE_TABLE
976 - included trimmed sector read function for first.S by Ted Ts'o
977 - now prints spaces before error codes
978 - temporarily removed support for REWRITE_TABLE
979 - added support for heap size indication to kernel setup.S
980 - added compile-time option XL_SECS for extra large disks
985 - new option INITRD to load an initial RAM disk
986 - added support for "big" kernels (> 0.5 MB compressed), which are loaded
988 - long quoted strings can now be distributed over several lines using
990 - environment variables are accessible in lilo.conf with $name or ${name}
991 - now properly identifies attempts to map from NFS and such
992 - refuses to overwrite unsuitable partitions
993 - caches device names and numbers, thereby significantly reducing the
994 number of readdir and stat system calls (typically, the total number of
995 system call decreases by about 80%)
996 - temporarily removed support for REWRITE_TABLE
997 - geometry.c:exists now opens devices read-write in order to avoid
998 reading from CD-ROM devices (patch by Alain Knaff)
999 - added a warning if COMPACT is used with LINEAR
1001 Documentation and installation
1002 ------------------------------
1004 - documentation, QuickInst, and on-line usage information no longer mention
1005 the disktab file (a DISK section should be used instead)
1006 - mkdist now uses the VERSION file
1007 - distribution now includes .lsm file
1008 - LILO is now compiled without -O2
1009 - updated FTP references and rewrote them to conform to RFC1738
1012 Changes from version 16 to 17 (19-DEC-1995)
1013 -----------------------------
1018 - changes for FALLBACK and new map section structure (see below)
1019 - LCF_READONLY now disables the LOCK option (and FALLBACK too)
1020 - added command-line option kbd to preload keyboard buffer
1021 - write errors are now reported (Wxx)
1022 - chain loaders now support changing the active partition (enabled with
1024 - chain loader can also "un-hide" a DOS partition if its partition type
1025 has been changed by OS/2 BM (build-time option FIX_TYPE)
1026 - when enabling HIDE_DOS in addition to FIX_TYPE, DOS partitions (except
1027 for the one being booted) are hidden, just like OS/2 BM does (build-time
1033 - added FALLBACK option to change default command line before booting
1035 - added REWRITE-TABLE option to patch partition table at boot time
1036 - added REWRITE_TABLE build-time option to enable REWRITE-TABLE
1037 - added DISK section flag INACCESSIBLE to mark disk as inaccessible for
1038 the BIOS so that the map installer can refuse bad mappings
1039 - options and fallback sectors are now at the beginning of map sections
1040 - -q and -R were accidentially marked as optional in usage
1041 - fixed incorrect partition check for other = <non-root>
1043 Documentation and installation
1044 ------------------------------
1046 - changed LILO version numbers to always be of the form <number> instead
1048 - README now also contains the version number
1049 - make install now strips /sbin/lilo instead of trying to strip /sbin
1050 - various bug fixes in QuickInst
1051 - added file VERSION containing the current version number and new
1052 make target version to rename ../lilo to ../lilo-<version>
1053 - changed a footnote which yielded an asterisk at the end of a command
1054 line in the ASCII README
1055 - -q and -R were accidentally marked as optional in command-line
1057 - mentioned -D option in command line description
1058 - new section "System overview" in the user's manual and several minor
1060 - a few minor corrections and addition of unusual error messages
1061 - the last traces of "old-style" configuration have been removed
1064 Changes from version 15 to 16 (26-FEB-1995)
1065 -----------------------------
1070 - added register dump boot sector (dump.S) for debugging
1071 - chain loaders now clear BP. This might help in some cases where DOS
1077 - really fixed -R this time
1078 - now suggests to "use a DISK section" (instead of disktab) if HDIO_REQ
1080 - removed incorrect error message when using a disktab
1081 - added check to detect CD-ROMs with major numbers of hard disks
1082 - no longer complains about corrupt partition table if 3D address is
1083 smaller than linear address and (3D) cylinder is 1023 (OS/2 does
1085 - LOADER is now required when booting an operating system from any device
1086 than the first hard or floppy disk
1087 - changed header protection macros from _xxx_H_ to xxx_H
1088 - added (untested) support for 2nd IDE controller (major 22)
1090 Documentation and installation
1091 ------------------------------
1093 - user.tex is now compatible with LaTeX 2e (\textfont0 problem)
1094 - tech.tex now avoids \SetFigFont (LaTeX 2e again)
1095 - /sbin/lilo is now optimized and stripped when installing
1096 - ASCIIfied "Booting basics" section
1097 - removed all references to the old directory structure
1098 - added description of LOCK in config file
1099 - updated FD TMC-1680 warning
1100 - added reminder to re-run /sbin/lilo when modifying partition tables
1101 - updated list of kernel options
1102 - added detailed description of >2 disks and >1024 cylinders
1103 - added description of putting /boot on a DOS partition
1104 - reordered sections in "Installation and updates"
1108 Changes from version 14 to 15 (23-OCT-1994)
1109 -----------------------------
1114 - upon popular demand, a copyright notice has been added
1119 - now also drains the keyboard type-ahead buffer
1120 - new command-line option "lock" to make the specified command line the
1121 default for the following boots too
1122 - default command line execution can now be interrupted in prompt mode too
1127 - fixed -R arguments handling bug
1128 - fixed -P argument handling bug
1129 - fixed yet another recursion problem with /dev/fd -> /proc/self/fd
1130 - added option -D and configuration variable DEFAULT to specify the
1131 default image without changing the oder of entries in /etc/lilo.conf
1132 - added configuration variable LOCK to make the specified command line the
1133 default for the following boots too
1134 - added disk geometry configuration in the general configuration file.
1135 /etc/disktab is now considered obsolete.
1136 - added option -w and configuration variable NOWARN to disable some
1138 - added warning when putting the boot sector on a non-boot disk
1139 - added warning for possibly inaccessible devices (e.g. third disk)
1140 - added warning for disks/partitions with more than 1024 cylinders
1141 - added warnings for bad permissions of the configuration file
1142 - fixed handling of floppies in geo_open_boot
1143 - removed erroneous call to part_verify when booting other systems
1145 - added support for variable-size setup segments as supported by kernels
1147 - restructured verbosity levels
1148 - allowed escaping of backslashes in quoted strings (/etc/lilo.conf)
1149 - /sbin/lilo -q -v now displays all settings
1151 Documentation and installation
1152 ------------------------------
1154 - lots of things have been restructured
1155 - many changes to describe the current Linux environment
1156 - "new" directory structure is now the default
1157 - README is now generated from user.tex by a Perl script
1158 - lots of minor corrections and clarifications
1159 - added a copyright notice and adapted several comments
1160 - QuickInst: updated default kernel names
1161 - QuickInst: now runs /sbin/lilo -t before trying to install
1162 - doc/Makefile: removed extra "Label(s) may have changed" output
1163 - disktab: changed header comment and added second example line
1164 - /etc/disktab is no longer automatically created by make install
1165 - linking /etc/lilo/install -> /sbin/lilo is no longer suggested
1166 - removed mkbindist. I don't think anybody used it anyway.
1169 Changes from version 13 to 14
1170 -----------------------------
1175 - added a few missing closedirs to device.c:scan_dir
1176 - added detection of directory loops to device.c:scan_dir and
1178 - fixed handling of dangling links in /dev
1179 - new option -u [ device ] to restore boot sector. Unsafe mode with -U
1180 - fixed/improved usage message
1182 Documentation and installation
1183 ------------------------------
1185 - QuickInst: did not write "other" sections to configuration file
1186 - QuickInst.new: improved handling of disks without active partitions
1187 - QuickInst.new now knows about /etc/disktab (relict from Shoelace,
1188 still in some distributions)
1189 - QuickInst.new now uses *_d.b chain loaders when configuring non-Linux
1190 systems on the second disk
1193 Changes from version 12 to 13
1194 -----------------------------
1199 - BSS is no longer cleared by LILO, because the kernel itself does
1201 - added support for the new directory structure. Makefile and QuickInst
1202 come in .old and .new versions. See INCOMPAT for details.
1203 - removed support for unstripped kernels. Therefore, mkck is no longer
1204 part of the distribution.
1209 - added missing seg es override to UI_MAGIC check at "input".
1214 - new options LITERAL and APPEND.
1215 - the root setting is no longer being shown on -q -v
1216 - the configuration file may now contain quoted strings in which spaces
1217 and equal signs do not have to be escaped.
1219 Documentation and installation
1220 ------------------------------
1222 - fixed bug in QuickInst that prevented correct renaming of the config
1223 file when ROOT is set.
1224 - added comment to disktab indicating that it is typically not needed.
1225 - distributed files are now readable for group and other.
1226 - mkdist is now included in the distribution.
1227 - changed the name of kernels from "(traditional) boot image" to
1229 - changed the name of the string passed to the kernel from "command
1230 line" to "parameter line".
1231 - removed obsolescent terms "rootimage" and "bootimage".
1232 - fixed documentation bug claiming only kernels can be protected by
1234 - fixed some additional minor documentation errors.
1237 Changes from version 11 to 12
1238 -----------------------------
1243 - removed accidential swapping of A:/B: when swapping C:/D: from
1245 - added new chain loader any_b.b (swaps A:/B:)
1246 - fixed incorrect handling of drive number resetting in swapping
1247 versions of the chain loader.
1248 - now generates diagnostics when failing to load the second stage
1250 - new compile-time option NO1STDIAG to disable these diagnostics.
1255 - fixed stat/fstat when creating temporary devices.
1256 - subdirectories of /dev are now recursively searched for disk devices
1258 - devices are now counted by highest device number, not by name.
1261 Documentation and installation
1262 ------------------------------
1264 - QuickInst now warns if there is an obsolete LILO boot sector on
1266 - QuickInst is now prepared to handle symbolic links hda -> sda
1267 - other minor fixes to QuickInst.
1268 - removed all references to compound unstripped kernels from the
1270 - activate is now compiled as a stripped, statically linked, impure
1272 - fixed a few minor omissions in the technical overview.
1275 Changes from version 10 to 11
1276 -----------------------------
1281 - added on the fly patching of the BIOS disk parameter table to
1282 fix the "Error 0x04" observed on some systems.
1287 - floppy devices are no longer opened at all when using the UNSAFE
1289 - fixed partition table checking.
1290 - new option -V to display the version number.
1291 - INSTALL = /etc/lilo/boot.b is now the default if INSTALL is
1293 - new compile-time configuration option NOINSTDEF to restore the old
1294 semantics of INSTALL.
1296 Documentation and installation
1297 ------------------------------
1299 - QuickInst no longer asks whether to change the active partition if
1300 installing LILO as the MBR.
1301 - QuickInst now suggests configuring other operating systems if
1302 installing LILO as the MBR.
1303 - added a version check to QuickInst.
1304 - added de-installation instructions.
1305 - fixed a few minor documentation bugs.
1306 - added script mkbindist that generates a minimal binary distribution
1310 Changes from version 9 to 10
1311 ----------------------------
1316 - added support for read-only setting of root.
1317 - new chain loader os2.b to load OS/2 from the second disk.
1318 - new chain loader any_d.b to load BIOS-based operating systems
1319 (e.g. PC/MS-DOS) from the second disk.
1324 - removed support for old-style configuration.
1325 - removed the dump option -D
1326 - removed support for not-compound unstripped kernels.
1327 - limited partition checking to hard disks and primary partitions.
1328 - -C now accepts - for standard input.
1329 - -P now has sub-options "fix" and "ignore". New configuration
1330 variable "ignore-table" coresponds to "-P ignore"
1331 - added automatic backup of the partition table when fixing it.
1332 - new configuration variables "readonly" and "read-write" to change
1333 read-only mounting of root.
1334 - made partition offset field in /etc/lilo/disktab optional.
1335 - added tentative support for XT-type hard disks.
1336 - improved some error messages.
1339 Documentation and installation
1340 ------------------------------
1342 - changed many "echo"s in QuickInst to "cat"s.
1343 - suggesting using a symbolic link to lilo for /etc/lilo/install.
1344 - removed the configuration option NOAUTO.
1345 - split the documentation in a user's guide and the technical
1347 - removed all references to older versions of LILO, the kernel or
1349 - removed all references to old-style configuration and not-compound
1351 - using the fullpage style.
1352 - removed and "ascified" anew the shared sections of README and the
1353 LaTeX documentation.
1354 - some minor corrections.
1357 Changes from version 8 to 9
1358 ---------------------------
1363 - can now get the command line from the map file and overwrite
1365 - passes the word "auto" on the command line if booting after a
1367 - new command-line option vga={ask,normal,ext,extended,<number>}
1368 to alter the VGA mode on the fly.
1369 - image name matching can now be made case-insensitive (default)
1370 - added sanity checks for the second stage loader and the
1376 - added new compound unstripped kernel format.
1377 - -r is now implied if the environment variable ROOT is set.
1378 - new option -I to translate a label name (e.g. obtained from
1379 BOOT_IMAGE) to the path of the kernel image.
1380 - new variable MESSAGE to define a startup message.
1381 - new variable UNSAFE to bypass sanity checks and floppy spin-up
1382 when defining other operating systems.
1383 - new variable ALIAS to define a second label name.
1384 - new variable RESTRICTED to confine password protection to
1385 invocations with parameters.
1386 - added a missing #include <sys/stat.h> to map.c
1387 - fixed the BIOS_MAX_* parameters in lilo.h
1388 - removed too restrictive cylinder number check.
1389 - new option -R to set/clear the default command line in the
1391 - added verification of 3D and linear address equality of
1392 partition starts (in the partition table).
1393 - suppressed outputting the version string when using -D with -v
1394 - "vga=extended" can now be abbreviated to "vga=ext".
1396 Documentation and installation
1397 ------------------------------
1399 - added a test for broken regexp in sed, grep and egrep to
1400 QuickInst. Other minor improvements.
1401 - now uses build-time configuration variables in Makefile or
1402 /etc/lilo/config.defines
1403 - copied section "LILO start messages" from doc.tex to README
1404 - removed the description of a floppy test installation from
1405 README. (doc.tex never contained that part.)
1406 - fixed some minor documentation errors and omissions.
1407 - fixed some minor Makefile bugs.
1408 - included the LaTeX translations of the FIG files.
1409 - moved the "Technical overview" to the end.
1412 Changes from version 7 to 8
1413 ---------------------------
1418 - now supports password protection for boot images.
1419 - fixed occasional omission of delays.
1420 - passes the name of the boot image to the kernel, which stores
1421 it in the environment variable BOOT_IMAGE.
1422 - parameters are now preserved when trying to boot the same
1423 image again after a media error.
1424 - the command line is preserved on error.
1425 - can be operated from a serial line.
1426 - made timeout handling interrupt-driven to fix time-wrap problems
1428 - now clears all bytes after text and data of traditional boot
1429 images booted from a file.
1434 - added detection of missing HDIO_REQ support.
1435 - added sanity checking for disk parameters.
1436 - fixed BIOS code computation for SCSI disks.
1437 - command-line settings can now override /etc/lilo/config
1438 - defaults for ROOT, VGA, RAMDISK, PASSWORD and OPTIONAL can be set
1439 in the options section.
1440 - new option PROMPT to unconditionally enter the boot prompt.
1441 - new option TIMEOUT to specify an input timeout.
1442 - new flag OPTIONAL to specify that an image can be omitted if it
1444 - new value CURRENT for ROOT to specify the "current" root device.
1445 - special characters are now correctly escaped in dumps.
1446 - temporary files are now removed on error.
1447 - updated the usage output to reflect the changes since 0.6.
1448 - added a missing closedir to device.c
1450 Documentation and installation
1451 ------------------------------
1453 - wrote a quick installation script.
1454 - fixed many small documentation errors.
1455 - wrote a README for the doc directory.
1456 - added descriptions of the configuration parameters passed in
1457 the boot sector and of the kernel's command-line interface.
1458 - Makefile now explicitly uses /bin/sh
1459 - changed echo \c to echo -n in the Makefile
1460 - added ability to print the name of the active partition to
1464 Changes from version 6 to 7
1465 ---------------------------
1470 - supports video mode and RAM disk size settings.
1471 - loads original boot sector to make possible additional settings
1473 - now uses defaults from the boot sector even if the boot sector
1474 has been changed after map creation.
1479 - new configuration based on /etc/lilo/config
1480 - can get SCSI geometry without using /etc/lilo/disktab (doesn't
1482 - removed support for BIOS codes (name:code)
1483 - removed support for setting the swap device.
1484 - new command-line options: -q, -C and -D
1489 - updated to cover new-style configuration
1490 - extended the plain-ASCII README
1493 Changes from version 5 to 6
1494 ---------------------------
1499 - added command-line argument passing.
1500 - now clears BSS of traditional images too.
1501 - chain.b is now more careful about register values when invoking
1502 the boot sector of the other OS.
1503 - added an interface for externally provided command lines.
1504 - added experimental recognition of linear addresses.
1509 - fixed opening the disktab file. (Using -f didn't work.)
1510 - fixed use of BIOS codes for the map file: the tilde is now appended
1511 before the BIOS code.
1512 - added a chdir("/") when using -r
1513 - added more sanity checks.
1514 - added generation of linear addresses.
1519 - removed all references to swap device settings in the kernel because
1520 recent kernels don't support that any longer.
1521 - added a troubleshooting section.
1522 - several minor fixes and improvements.
1525 Changes from version 4 to 5
1526 ---------------------------
1531 - added automatic boot sector backup.
1532 - fixed variable block size detection. (Didn't work with the 0.97-pl2
1534 - added the chroot (-r) option.
1535 - made the partition table part of a foreign OS boot descriptor
1538 Documentation and installation
1539 ------------------------------
1541 - most of README has moved into doc.tex (LaTeX)
1542 - added a utility to activate a partition.
1543 - make install now reminds the user to update the map.
1544 - dd is now used in a more efficient way in the Makefile.
1545 (Fewer subshells, etc.)
1548 Changes from version 3 to 4
1549 ---------------------------
1554 - added a configurable delay.
1555 - added a diagnostic title message.
1560 - fixed all known include file conflicts.
1561 - added support for variable block sizes. (Not used yet.)
1562 - added some more sanity checks.
1563 - added a tool to determine SCSI disk parameters.
1565 Documentation and installation
1566 ------------------------------
1568 - extended coverage of SCSI disks.
1569 - make install now backs up chain.b and boot.b of any older LILO
1570 installation. (To say: your system remains bootable even if you
1571 forget to run /etc/lilo/install after the update or if this fails
1573 - moved the changes section from README into CHANGES.
1574 - a set of pre-compiled executables of lilo, boot.b, chain.b and
1575 dparam.com is available too.
1578 Changes from version 2 to 3
1579 ---------------------------
1584 - can initialize BSS of unstripped kernels.
1585 - also accepts [Tab] to show the list of known images.
1590 - fixed parsing of the root device specification.
1591 - fixed setting of the root device when the boot image doesn't
1593 - reduced the number of installable images from 19 to 16. (Because the
1594 descriptors have grown.)
1599 - added a booting basics section.
1600 - many minor changes.
1603 Changes from version 1 to 2
1604 ---------------------------
1609 - added command-line editing.
1610 - added debugging support (-DDEBUG).
1611 - added support for compacted maps.
1612 - some cosmetic changes.
1618 - files that contain "holes" are now handled properly.
1619 - added map compaction.
1620 - devices are now created on the fly only if they can't be found in /dev.
1621 - improved sanity checking.
1622 - can now boot other operating systems.
1623 - can now boot unstripped kernel executables.
1624 - added support for a disk parameter file.
1625 - reduced the number of installable images from 21 to 19.
1626 - changed the command-line syntax.
1627 - root and boot can now be specified on the command line.
1632 - many changes, including correction of some minor errors.
1635 Changes from version 0 to 1
1636 ---------------------------
1641 - tested as master boot record.
1642 - improved the boot prompt invocation method.
1643 - increased the number of installable images to 21.
1644 - added a help facility.
1645 - improved read error handling and error reporting in the boot loader.
1646 - added a second stage boot loader.
1651 - fixed some minor bugs in the map installer. Removed all compiler
1653 - added labeling of images.
1654 - added version checking for the boot sector.
1655 - replaced option -r by -m. -r will be available for a while for
1657 - added booting from device files (that have boot images written on them).
1658 - BIOS device codes can now be specified for boot image files too.
1659 - added concatenation of images. (This is a test feature that will be
1660 changed in the future.)
1665 - some minor documentation errors have been corrected.
1666 - the README now warns that the map has to be rebuilt after the images are
1668 - added a files, a hints and an examples section.