1 NEWS about project LILO
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3 (For details see file 'CHANGELOG' in the source directory)
6 Version 24.1 (minor and bugfix update of 24.0)
8 o Install .dat files of images, too.
9 o Install lilo.static, if existing.
10 o Add CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS everywhere needed.
11 o Better support for degraded mdadm RAID1.
12 o Large upgrade of script liloconfig with bugfixes and
13 update function, with fallback to kernel links.
14 o Update example config file.
15 o Update manpage of liloconfig and lilo-uuid-diskid.
16 o Add major device numbers for MMC cards and XVD disks.
19 Version 24.0 (major and bugfix update of 23.2)
21 o Update many manpages and add some from Debian.
22 o Add old documentation as (static) html.
23 o Better support for GPT hard disks.
24 o Support for use with kernel 3.x.
25 o Fix to be compatible with gcc 4.8 and higher.
28 Version 23.2 (minor and bugfix update of 23.1)
30 o Many fixes in source code and fixes for some error messages.
31 o Remove all obsolete OS/2 code and information.
32 o Fix for larger kernel setup code (needed for kernel >= 2.6.36)
33 o Update of script 'mkrescue'.
34 o Update of manpages (mkrescue.8, lilo.conf.5).
35 o Add new scripts 'liloconfig' and 'lilo-uuid-diskid'.
38 Version 23.1 (minor and bugfix update of 23.0)
40 o Many fixes of typos in sources and documentation.
41 o LVM volumes can now be used as root device.
42 o Better computing of (uncompressed) vmlinux size.
43 o Better working on degraded RAID devices.
44 o Update to newer MD RAID 1.0 specification.
45 o Substituted QuickInst script (mkbdist, mksdist removed).
46 o Added new hook scripts for newer kernel support.
47 o Updated and added new menu background images.
48 o Added new TOOLS file for overview of needed tools / packages.
49 o Added new example of lilo.conf with many comments.
52 Version 23.0 (major and bugfix update of 22.8)
54 o Major code reorganisation and code cleaning.
55 o Add new option 'small-memory' and modify option 'large-memory'.
56 o Configuration without memory option set to auto-memory, which
57 mean a automatic decision: small initrd will be load <15M,
58 large initrd will be load >16M.
59 o Now need an absolute path for the installation path DESTDIR,
60 in the past named as ROOT.
61 o Many bugfixes and sensible updates (most from Debian).
62 o Remove obsolete program 'activate'. Instead use 'lilo -A'.
65 Version 22.8 (minor update of 22.7.3)
67 o Compile with DEVMAPPER (device-mapper or LVM2) if library is present.
68 o Add 'nodevcache' configuration file keyword.
69 o Allow root device specification with UUID in addition to LABEL.
72 Version 22.7.3 (bugfix update of 22.7.2)
74 o Correct table entry for experimental major device 253.
75 o Correct PC/AT keyboard check when NOKEYBOARD compile option is used.
78 Version 22.7.2 (minor update of 22.7.1)
80 o Keywords "noraid", "nokbdefault", "nokbdisable" are added.
81 o Compensate for common BIOS bug (sectors==0) on USB disk drives.
82 o Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes.
85 Version 22.7.1 (minor update of 22.7)
87 o Expand device major/minor numbers to more than 8 bits.
88 o Apply security updates to 'mkrescue' & 'QuickInst'.
89 o Allow any keystrike (not just Shift) to display 'boot:' menu, or to
90 escape from stored command line.
93 Version 22.7 (minor update of 22.6.1)
95 o Add the DOS/Windows utility 'lilo.com' which implements the -q -R -V
96 (-C -m) switches. This utility may be used to set the boot command
97 line if the sector map file is on a DOS/Windows partition.
98 o Add bulletproofing for "unattended" so that a spurious <CR> character
100 o Select boot descriptors based upon partially typed names in all
101 situations except "unattended".