manpage: LILO
section: 8
title: lilo documentation
-version: 23.3
-datum: 2013-05-01
+version: 24.2
+datum: 2015-11-22
=encoding utf8
=item B<-A> I<master-device [N]>
Used with a single argument, inquire of active partition on device I<master-device>;
-e.g. I</dev/sda>. With N==0: deactivate all partitions on the device. With N in
+e.g. I</dev/sda>. With N==0: deactivate all partitions on the device. With N in
the range [1..n]: activate the specified partition and deactivate all others.
Normally, only primary partitions [1..4] may be activated, but if the 'Extended
-Master Boot Loader' is present on the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the device
+Master Boot Loader' is present on the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the device
(see the -M option), any partition may be made active. Whether the actual OS
-in the partition will boot from an extended partition depends on the characteristics
-of the OS. LILO boot records for Linux may be booted from an extended partition.
+in the partition will boot from a logical partition depends on the characteristics
+of the OS. LILO boot records for Linux may be booted from a logical partition.
=item B<-b> I<bootdev>
Set the boot device where the boot loader will be installed. For example
I<"-b /dev/sda"> set the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the first disk as boot
-device. I<"-b /dev/sdb5"> set the first extended partition on the second disk
+device. I<"-b /dev/sdb5"> set the first logical partition on the second disk
as boot device.
=item B<-B> I<bitmap-file>
present, then generate one and write it to the MBR. If I<mbr> is set, the
Standard Master Boot Loader will search partitions 1-4 for an active flag, and
boot the flagged partition. Only one active flag is allowed. If I<ext> is set,
-the search for an active partition will include extended partitions as well.
+the search for an active partition will include logical partitions as well.
The presence of the Extended Master Boot Loader on the Master Boot Record
(MBR = sector 0) of a disk affects the operation of the I<-A> option.
'shutdown -r'. Used without any arguments, it will cancel a I<lock>-ed or
I<fallback> command line.
+This Command line starts with image identifier (as shown during map file update),
+then space, then kernel parameters. The kernel parameters are appended to kernel
+command line constructed routinely. In either case, it there were parameters
+or not, such one-time command will be treated by loaders code, as if it is set
+at 'boot:' prompt. This could lead to 'password:' prompt at boot time. Be warned!
+Refer to I<lilo.conf(5)> for details.
+
=item B<-s> I<save-file>
When lilo writes a new boot sector, it preserves the former contents of the boot
=item B<-z>
-When used with the '-M' switch, clears the Volume-ID. Usually used in the
+When used with the '-M' switch, clears the Volume-ID. Usually used in the
following sequence to generate a new Volume-ID:
- lilo -z -M /dev/hda
- lilo -M /dev/hda
+ lilo -z -M /dev/sda
+ lilo -M /dev/sda
=item B<-Z> I<option>
Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Copyright (C) 1999-2007 John Coffman
- Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Joachim Wiedorn
+ Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Joachim Wiedorn
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted under the terms of the BSD license found in
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted under the terms of the BSD license found in
the COPYING file.
=head1 AUTHOR
Joachim Wiedorn (since version 23.0).
This manual page was written by Werner Almesberger and Joachim Wiedorn
-<ad_debian at joonet.de>.
+<joodevel at joonet.de>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<lilo.conf>(5),
-B<liloconfig>(8),
+B<liloconfig>(8),
B<lilo-uuid-diskid>(8),
-B<mkrescue>(8),
+B<mkrescue>(8),
B<fdisk>(8),
B<mkinitrd>(8)
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