Re: LILO version 22.5.7 released
From: johninsd at san dot rr dot com (bitbucket_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/20/03
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Date: 20 Aug 2003 19:50:23 GMT
The source and binary have been updated to 22.5.7.2 to fix the reported
problem on 'devfs' with multiple SCSI drives.
Updates will take a couple of days to propagate to ftp://metalab.unc.edu (see
full URL below).
--John
On 10 Aug 2003 19:20:12 GMT, johninsd at san dot rr dot com
<bitbucket@hotmail.com> wrote:
>LILO release 22.5.7 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21.
>
>Version 22.5.7 is a minor update to version 22.5.6
>
>o Include several accumulated updates to prior version.
>o New first stage loader so actual VIDEO ENABLE is done; no more FF.
>
>
>Version 22.5.6 is a bugfix update to version 22.5.5
>
>o Cranky raid installation is fixed; i.e., all spurious error messages are
>gone.
>o Certain raid1 installations (skewed) now boot properly when a disk fails.
>This
> bug affects releases back to 22.5.
>
>
>Version 22.5.5 is a minor update to version 22.5.4
>
>o Improve 'mkrescue' --iso option with 'el-torito-bootable-cd' flag
>o '-M' switch gives option of 'mbr' or 'ext' loaders; latter will boot
> from extended partitions
>o '-A' switch recognizes 'ext' loader, and allows activating extended part.
>o Chain loader begins with memory map from second stage; also can merge
> mapped drives into the drive map; never more than one EBDA drive mapper
>
>
>Version 22.5.4 is a minor update to version 22.5.3
>
>o Bugs in caching algorithm fixed. With no BIOS data check, IDE drives
> are correctly assigned before SCSI drives. Volume ID check corrected.
>o Compilation option SUSPEND, for optional booting from a suspend
> partition using 'vmdefault='. This is disabled in the standard release.
>o Updated 'mkrescue' will produce a bootable diskette without a prior
> LILO boot. Plus '--iso' option will produce a bootable CD image.
>
>
>Version 22.5.3 is a minor update to version 22.5.2
>
>o Handle kernels with DEVFS_FS compiled in, but 'devfs' not mounted and
> not supported by the existing /dev directory hierarchy.
>
>
>Version 22.5.2 is a minor update to version 22.5.1
>
>o Handles reiser4 filesystem
>o Bugfixes: raid-extra-boot=/dev/XXX where XXX is outside the raid set,
> bootloader get number of hard drives
>o -M switch creates backup files of sectors (-s and -S switches)
>
>
>Version 22.5.1 is a minor update to version 22.5
>
>o Writearounds are included for two BIOS bugs which could kill 22.5:
> - Video BIOS destroy's DX register
> - BIOS does not pass boot device code in DL
>o Boot sector backups are handled in a more consistent fashion.
>o Optional configuration file keywords are added: master-boot, boot-as=,
> raid-extra-boot=mbr, bios-passes-dl= (or -Z switch).
>
>
>Version 22.5 is a major update to version 22.4.1
>
>o Booting is based upon industry-standard volume labels (s/n), which are
> translated to BIOS device codes. Changes in the disk configuration
> which cause the BIOS to assign device codes in a different order should
> be transparent to the user.
>o 256-color bitmap boot screens are now supported using VESA video BIOS
> extensions. Both RGB and RLE encoded *.bmp files are supported.
>
>
>
>Versions 22.4, 22.3, 22.2, 22.1, 22.0 are major updates to version 21.
>
>
>*** THE VERSION 22 RAID1 IMPLEMENTATION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERSION 21.
>
>Those using version 21 should read 'README.raid1' before installing these
>new codes. There is a compatibility mode (lilo -x mbr-only) for existing
>RAID1 installations which are not going to be converted to the Version 22
>implementation.
>
>
>Source code is available for download from:
>
> http://lilo.go.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site)
>
>Or from the main distribution site:
>
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo (please use)
>
>
>See the distribution file 'CHANGES' for details of the differences between
>22.5.7 and prior releases.
>
>
>--John Coffman <johninsd at san dot rr dot com>
>
>
>LILO version 22++ links at:
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo
>
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