X-Git-Url: https://git.rrq.au/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Flilo.8;h=c16e6da92e148285ad90d4791917a8751d15d511;hb=c3e58b59a1d71041a2674a64c46130436bd67ffa;hp=02512f47124eb8998da23d588971f17a9a9e3b6d;hpb=f574e1127a225e2de2e77a6b9e46a65986789f1f;p=rrq%2Fmaintain_lilo.git diff --git a/man/lilo.8 b/man/lilo.8 index 02512f4..c16e6da 100644 --- a/man/lilo.8 +++ b/man/lilo.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.22 (Pod::Simple 3.07) +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.25 (Pod::Simple 3.16) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "LILO 8" -.TH LILO 8 "2013-05-01" "23.3" "lilo documentation" +.TH LILO 8 "2014-10-15" "24.1" "lilo documentation" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -107,18 +107,18 @@ override the configuration file, may be specified on the command line. .IP "\fB\-A\fR \fImaster-device [N]\fR" 4 .IX Item "-A master-device [N]" Used with a single argument, inquire of active partition on device \fImaster-device\fR; -e.g. \fI/dev/sda\fR. With N==0: deactivate all partitions on the device. With N in +e.g. \fI/dev/sda\fR. 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 (\s-1MBR\s0) of the device +Master Boot Loader' is present on the Master Boot Record (\s-1MBR\s0) of the device (see the \-M option), any partition may be made active. Whether the actual \s-1OS\s0 -in the partition will boot from an extended partition depends on the characteristics -of the \s-1OS\s0. \s-1LILO\s0 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 \s-1OS\s0. \s-1LILO\s0 boot records for Linux may be booted from a logical partition. .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fIbootdev\fR" 4 .IX Item "-b bootdev" Set the boot device where the boot loader will be installed. For example \&\fI\*(L"\-b /dev/sda\*(R"\fR set the Master Boot Record (\s-1MBR\s0) on the first disk as boot -device. \fI\*(L"\-b /dev/sdb5\*(R"\fR set the first extended partition on the second disk +device. \fI\*(L"\-b /dev/sdb5\*(R"\fR set the first logical partition on the second disk as boot device. .IP "\fB\-B\fR \fIbitmap-file\fR" 4 .IX Item "-B bitmap-file" @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ table on master-device is undisturbed. If no valid Volume-ID (serial number) is present, then generate one and write it to the \s-1MBR\s0. If \fImbr\fR 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 \fIext\fR 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 (\s-1MBR\s0 = sector 0) of a disk affects the operation of the \fI\-A\fR option. .IP "\fB\-p\fR" 4 @@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ executes. After execution the boot loader will erase this line because it is a once-only command. It is typically used in reboot scripts, just before calling \&'shutdown \-r'. Used without any arguments, it will cancel a \fIlock\fR\-ed or \&\fIfallback\fR command line. +.Sp +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 \fI\fIlilo.conf\fI\|(5)\fR for details. .IP "\fB\-s\fR \fIsave-file\fR" 4 .IX Item "-s save-file" When lilo writes a new boot sector, it preserves the former contents of the boot @@ -323,12 +330,12 @@ versions. The line beginning \*(L"CFLAGS=\*(R" will contain the compiler options generate this version of \s-1LILO\s0. .IP "\fB\-z\fR" 4 .IX Item "-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: .Sp .Vb 2 -\& lilo \-z \-M /dev/hda -\& lilo \-M /dev/hda +\& lilo \-z \-M /dev/sda +\& lilo \-M /dev/sda .Ve .IP "\fB\-Z\fR \fIoption\fR" 4 .IX Item "-Z option" @@ -446,11 +453,11 @@ It is best to use the default mechanism, as it works correctly in all cases. .Vb 3 \& Copyright (C) 1992\-1998 Werner Almesberger \& Copyright (C) 1999\-2007 John Coffman -\& Copyright (C) 2009\-2013 Joachim Wiedorn +\& Copyright (C) 2009\-2014 Joachim Wiedorn .Ve .PP -Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -modification, are permitted under the terms of the \s-1BSD\s0 license found in +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted under the terms of the \s-1BSD\s0 license found in the \s-1COPYING\s0 file. .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" @@ -463,12 +470,12 @@ the \s-1COPYING\s0 file. .Ve .PP This manual page was written by Werner Almesberger and Joachim Wiedorn -. +. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" \&\fBlilo.conf\fR(5), -\&\fBliloconfig\fR(8), +\&\fBliloconfig\fR(8), \&\fBlilo-uuid-diskid\fR(8), -\&\fBmkrescue\fR(8), +\&\fBmkrescue\fR(8), \&\fBfdisk\fR(8), \&\fBmkinitrd\fR(8)