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-.TH LILO.CONF 5 "June 2011"
+.TH LILO.CONF 5 "June 2013"
.SH NAME
lilo.conf \- configuration file for lilo
.SH DESCRIPTION
This configuration file specifies that lilo uses the Master
Boot Record on /dev/hda. (For a discussion of the various ways
to use lilo, and the interaction with other operating systems,
-see user.pdf from the lilo documentation.)
+see html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation.)
.LP
When booting, the boot loader will issue its
.I "boot:"
Comment lines may appear anywhere, and begin with the "#" character.
.SH "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
-There are many possible keywords. The description below is
-almost literally from user.pdf (just slightly abbreviated).
+There are many possible keywords. The description below is almost
+literally from html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation
+(just slightly abbreviated).
.TP
.BI "backup=" <backup-file>
Specifies the location where a copy of any modified boot sector will be
are used in a
.I change
section (see below), with the suffixes "_normal" or "_hidden" appended.
-See section "Partition type change rules" of user.pdf for more details.
+See section "Partition type change rules" of html/user_21-5.html inside
+the old documentation for more details.
.TP
.BI "compact"
Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
This action is modified by specifying `prompt' (see below).
.TP
.BI "disk=" <device-name>
-Defines non-standard parameters for the specified disk.
-See section "Disk geometry" of user.pdf for details.
+Defines non-standard parameters for the specified disk. See section
+"Disk geometry" of html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation for details.
For versions of LILO prior to 22.5, the `bios=' parameter
is quite useful for specifying how the BIOS has assigned
device codes to your disks.