lilo

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NAME

       liloconfig - create new lilo.conf file (with diskid and uuid)

SYNOPSIS

       liloconfig [-h] [-v] [-f] [lilo.conf]

DESCRIPTION

       liloconfig is an simple program for creating a new lilo.conf file.  After creating the new configuration file you must execute
       '/sbin/lilo'.

       liloconfig use the lilo.example.conf file as template. In the final lilo.conf file you find many useful comments for custom changes.

OPTIONS

       -h  Print a brief help.

       -v  Print verbose messages.

       -f  Force overriding existing lilo.conf.

EXAMPLES

       Lines in the configuration file /etc/lilo.conf:

	 ### LILO global section ###

	 #large-memory
	 lba32
	 boot = /dev/sda
	 map = /boot/map
	 install = menu
	 menu-scheme = Wb:Yr:Wb:Wb
	 prompt
	 timeout = 100
	 vga = normal
	 #default = Linux

	 ### LILO per-image section ###

	 #boot = /dev/sda
	 boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999

	 image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5book-686
	     label = "Linux"
	     #root = /dev/sda1
	     root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
	     read-only
	 #   restricted
	 #   alias = 1
	 #   optional
	     initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5book-686

	 image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
	     label = "Linux Old"
	     #root = /dev/sda1
	     root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
	     read-only
	 #   restricted
	 #   alias = 2
	 #   optional
	     initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
       Copyright (C) 2011 Joachim Wiedorn

       This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

AUTHOR

       lilconfig was written by Joachim Wiedorn.

       This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       lilo(8), update-lilo(8), lilo-uuid-diskid(8)

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