LILO version 22.7.3 released

LILO release 22.7.3 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21.

Version 22.7.3 is a bugfix update to 22.7.2

o Correct table entry for experimental major device 253. o Correct PC-AT keyboard check when NOKEYBOARD compile option is used.

Version 22.7.2 is a minor update to version 22.7.1

o Keywords "noraid", "nokbdefault", "nokbdisable" are added. o Compensate for common BIOS bug (sectors==0) on USB disk drives. o Increase kernel command line to 512 bytes.

Version 22.7.1 is a minor update to version 22.7

o Expand device major-minor numbers to more than 8 bits. o Apply security updates to 'mkrescue' & 'QuickInst'. o Allow any keystrike (not just Shift) to display 'boot:' menu, or to escape from a stored command line.

Version 22.7 is a minor update to version 22.6.1

o Add the DOS-Windows utility 'lilo.com' which implements the -q -R -V (-C -m) switches. This utility may be used to set the boot command line if the sector map file is on a DOS-Windows parbreastion. be ignored. o Select boot descriptors based upon partially typed names in all situations except "unattended".

Versions 22.6.*, 22.5.*, 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.

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 22.7.3 and prior releases.