2 Subject: fix typos in lilo manpage
3 Author: Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de>
5 Last-Update: 2012-03-03
7 Usually extended partitions can not directly be used.
8 Here it means logical partitions.
11 diff -urN s14/man/lilo.8 s15/man/lilo.8
12 --- s14/man/lilo.8 2011-06-18 14:22:53.104617863 +0200
13 +++ s15/man/lilo.8 2012-03-03 19:11:05.797177106 +0100
15 the Extended Master Boot Loader is present on the Master Boot Record
17 (see the \fI-M\fP option), any partition may be made active. Whether the
18 -actual OS in the partition will boot from an extended partition depends on
19 -the characteristics of the OS. LILO boot records for Linux
20 -may be booted from an extended partition.
21 +actual OS in the partition will boot from a logical partition depends on
22 +the characteristics of the OS. LILO boot records for Linux may be booted
23 +from a logical partition.
26 Specify the boot device; i.e., where the boot loader will be installed.
27 "\-b /dev/hda" specifies the Master Boot Record; "\-b /dev/sdb5" specifies
28 -the first extended partition on the second SCSI disk.
29 +the first logical partition on the second SATA disk.
31 .BI "\-\^B " bitmap-file
32 Specify a bitmap file for the boot-time graphics screen, preferably one
36 Generate 32-bit Logical Block Addresses instead of cylinder/head/sector
38 -access to all partitions on disks with more than 1024 cylinders.
39 +addresses, allowing access to all partitions on disks with more than 1024
43 Use specified map file instead of the default.
46 in the configuration file.
48 -.BI "\-\^P " "{fix|ignore|\<global-option\>}"
49 +.BI "\-\^P " "{fix|ignore|<global-option>}"
50 Fix or ignore `corrupt' partition tables, i.e., partition tables
51 with linear and cylinder/head/sector addresses that do not correspond.