Subject: LILO 0.11 released
From: [email-masked] (Werner Almesberger)
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 93 20:07:38 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

LILO 0.11 is on sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/Incoming (from where it will
probably move to /pub/Linux/system/Linux-boot/lilo) and on tsx-11.mit.edu
in /pub/linux/packages/lilo. The files are

    lilo.11.tar.z      source and documentation
    lilo.u.11.ps.z     user's guide in PostScript format
    lilo.t.11.ps.z     technical overview in PostScript format
    lilo.u.11.dj.z     user's guide for HP DeskJet
    lilo.t.11.dj.z     technical overview for HP DeskJet

The HP DeskJet files are only on sunsite.unc.edu.

This is a maintenance release without any major new features. The most
important changes are a fix for the  COMPACT -> Error 0x04  problem and
corrected partition checking. I've also made the INSTALL configuration
variable optional (read the file INCOMPAT for details).

I've attached the relevant section of the CHANGES file.

- Werner

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Changes from version 10 to 11
-----------------------------

  Boot loader
  -----------

    - added on the fly patching of the BIOS disk parameter table to
      fix the "Error 0x04" observed on some systems.

  Map installer
  -------------

    - floppy devices are no longer opened at all when using the UNSAFE
      option in OTHER.
    - fixed partition table checking.
    - new option -V to display the version number.
    - INSTALL = /etc/lilo/boot.b  is now the default if INSTALL is
      omitted.
    - new compile-time configuration option NOINSTDEF to restore the old
      semantics of INSTALL.

  Documentation and installation
  ------------------------------

    - QuickInst no longer asks whether to change the active partition if
      installing LILO as the MBR.
    - QuickInst now suggests configuring other operating systems if
      installing LILO as the MBR.
    - added a version check to QuickInst.
    - added de-installation instructions.
    - fixed a few minor documentation bugs.
    - added script mkbindist that generates a minimal binary distribution
      of LILO.
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  / Werner Almesberger, ETH Zuerich, CH      [email-masked] /
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