1 NEWS about project LILO
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3 (For details see file 'CHANGELOG' in the source directory)
6 Version 24.0 (major and bugfix update of 23.2)
8 o Update many manpages and add some from Debian.
9 o Add old documentation as (static) html.
10 o Better support for GPT hard disks.
11 o Support for use with kernel 3.x.
12 o Fix to be compatible with gcc 4.8 and higher.
15 Version 23.2 (minor and bugfix update of 23.1)
17 o Many fixes in source code and fixes for some error messages.
18 o Remove all obsolete OS/2 code and information.
19 o Fix for larger kernel setup code (needed for kernel >= 2.6.36)
20 o Update of script 'mkrescue'.
21 o Update of manpages (mkrescue.8, lilo.conf.5).
22 o Add new scripts 'liloconfig' and 'lilo-uuid-diskid'.
25 Version 23.1 (minor and bugfix update of 23.0)
27 o Many fixes of typos in sources and documentation.
28 o LVM volumes can now be used as root device.
29 o Better computing of (uncompressed) vmlinux size.
30 o Better working on degraded RAID devices.
31 o Update to newer MD RAID 1.0 specification.
32 o Substituted QuickInst script (mkbdist, mksdist removed).
33 o Added new hook scripts for newer kernel support.
34 o Updated and added new menu background images.
35 o Added new TOOLS file for overview of needed tools / packages.
36 o Added new example of lilo.conf with many comments.
39 Version 23.0 (major and bugfix update of 22.8)
41 o Major code reorganisation and code cleaning.
42 o Add new option 'small-memory' and modify option 'large-memory'.
43 o Configuration without memory option set to auto-memory, which
44 mean a automatic decision: small initrd will be load <15M,
45 large initrd will be load >16M.
46 o Now need an absolute path for the installation path DESTDIR,
47 in the past named as ROOT.
48 o Many bugfixes and sensible updates (most from Debian).
49 o Remove obsolete program 'activate'. Instead use 'lilo -A'.
52 Version 22.8 (minor update of 22.7.3)
54 o Compile with DEVMAPPER (device-mapper or LVM2) if library is present.
55 o Add 'nodevcache' configuration file keyword.
56 o Allow root device specification with UUID in addition to LABEL.
59 Version 22.7.3 (bugfix update of 22.7.2)
61 o Correct table entry for experimental major device 253.
62 o Correct PC/AT keyboard check when NOKEYBOARD compile option is used.
65 Version 22.7.2 (minor update of 22.7.1)
67 o Keywords "noraid", "nokbdefault", "nokbdisable" are added.
68 o Compensate for common BIOS bug (sectors==0) on USB disk drives.
69 o Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes.
72 Version 22.7.1 (minor update of 22.7)
74 o Expand device major/minor numbers to more than 8 bits.
75 o Apply security updates to 'mkrescue' & 'QuickInst'.
76 o Allow any keystrike (not just Shift) to display 'boot:' menu, or to
77 escape from stored command line.
80 Version 22.7 (minor update of 22.6.1)
82 o Add the DOS/Windows utility 'lilo.com' which implements the -q -R -V
83 (-C -m) switches. This utility may be used to set the boot command
84 line if the sector map file is on a DOS/Windows partition.
85 o Add bulletproofing for "unattended" so that a spurious <CR> character
87 o Select boot descriptors based upon partially typed names in all
88 situations except "unattended".