1 NEWS about project LILO
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3 (For details see file 'CHANGELOG' in the source directory)
6 Version 23.2 (major and bugfix update of 23.1)
8 o Many fixes in source code and fixes for some error messages.
9 o Remove all obsolete OS/2 code and information.
10 o Fix for larger kernel setup code (needed for kernel >= 2.6.36)
11 o Update of script 'mkrescue'.
12 o Update of manpages (mkrescue.8, lilo.conf.5).
13 o Add new scripts 'liloconfig' and 'lilo-uuid-diskid'.
16 Version 23.1 (major and bugfix update of 23.0)
18 o Many fixes of typos in sources and documentation.
19 o LVM volumes can now be used as root device.
20 o Better computing of (uncompressed) vmlinux size.
21 o Better working on degraded RAID devices.
22 o Update to newer MD RAID 1.0 specification.
23 o Substituted QuickInst script (mkbdist, mksdist removed).
24 o Added new hook scripts for newer kernel support.
25 o Updated and added new menu background images.
26 o Added new TOOLS file for overview of needed tools / packages.
27 o Added new example of lilo.conf with many comments.
30 Version 23.0 (major and bugfix update of 22.8)
32 o Major code reorganisation and code cleaning.
33 o Add new option 'small-memory' and modify option 'large-memory'.
34 o Configuration without memory option set to auto-memory, which
35 mean a automatic decision: small initrd will be load <15M,
36 large initrd will be load >16M.
37 o Now need an absolute path for the installation path DESTDIR,
38 in the past named as ROOT.
39 o Many bugfixes and sensible updates (most from Debian).
40 o Remove obsolete program 'activate'. Instead use 'lilo -A'.
43 Version 22.8 (minor update of 22.7.3)
45 o Compile with DEVMAPPER (device-mapper or LVM2) if library is present.
46 o Add 'nodevcache' configuration file keyword.
47 o Allow root device specification with UUID in addition to LABEL.
50 Version 22.7.3 (bugfix update of 22.7.2)
52 o Correct table entry for experimental major device 253.
53 o Correct PC/AT keyboard check when NOKEYBOARD compile option is used.
56 Version 22.7.2 (minor update of 22.7.1)
58 o Keywords "noraid", "nokbdefault", "nokbdisable" are added.
59 o Compensate for common BIOS bug (sectors==0) on USB disk drives.
60 o Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes.
63 Version 22.7.1 (minor update of 22.7)
65 o Expand device major/minor numbers to more than 8 bits.
66 o Apply security updates to 'mkrescue' & 'QuickInst'.
67 o Allow any keystrike (not just Shift) to display 'boot:' menu, or to
68 escape from stored command line.
71 Version 22.7 (minor update of 22.6.1)
73 o Add the DOS/Windows utility 'lilo.com' which implements the -q -R -V
74 (-C -m) switches. This utility may be used to set the boot command
75 line if the sector map file is on a DOS/Windows partition.
76 o Add bulletproofing for "unattended" so that a spurious <CR> character
78 o Select boot descriptors based upon partially typed names in all
79 situations except "unattended".