LILO release 22.3.1 is based upon Werner Almesberger's LILO version 21. Version 22.3.1 is a minor update to version 22.3. o Change-rule bugfix in chain loader o Cosmetic changes to 'lilo -T ebda' output o Source distribution support for booting arbitrary binaries (pseudo.b) Version 22.3 is a major update to version 22.2. o The distribution consists of /sbin/lilo ONLY; all *.b files are incorporated within this file (builtin). o A bitmap file header editor is incorporated (-E flag). o The map file unifies the second stage, chain, message file, and bitmap files. o -E, -F, and -B flags are added (see man pages). o Chain loader will now pass a command line to a second LILO installation. o Boot protocol 0203h is now supported. "large-memory" option added to force initial ramdisk loading to highest memory. o "vga=" on command line allows any radix input. Versions 22.2, 22.1, 22.0 are major updates to version 21. o LVM support is added. o Password CRC-32 polynomials are superceded by 160-bit SHS digests, which are cryptographically secure. o RAID1 codes are updated to fix a problem encountered on skewed raid installations in booting "other=" sections. o Compilation option allows for specification of more kernels. o A graphical user interface using VGA 640x480x16 (mode 0x12) is added. o Secure passwords are implemented using four CRC-32 polynomials. o RAID1 codes are completely re-written, and correctly implement 'lock', 'fallback', and "lilo -R ..." THE NEW 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://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo (developer's site) ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo 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 22.3 and prior releases. --John Coffman <johninsd@san.rr.com>