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Package: lilo
Version: 1:24.2-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z lilo.conf.5
[ "test-groff" is a developmental version of "groff" ]
144 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
161 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
209 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
238 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
302 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
340 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
345 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
367 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
374 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
392 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
406 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
418 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
429 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
434 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
500 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
516 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
524 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
527 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
536 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
571 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
609 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
615 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
635 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
652 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
768 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
774 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
871 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
927 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
962 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
978 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
990 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1002 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1008 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1011 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1014 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1035 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1039 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1049 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1054 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
1059 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
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The patch is in the attachment.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.110-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages lilo depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.67
ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1
ii libc6 2.27-3
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.145-4.1
ii perl 5.26.2-6
lilo recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lilo suggests:
ii e2fsprogs 1.44.2-1
-- debconf information excluded
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
--- lilo.conf.5 2018-06-29 17:23:16.000000000 +0000
+++ lilo.conf.5.new 2018-06-29 17:31:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ One way is the use of header information
From a text file with all the information about 'bmp-colors', 'bmp-table'
and 'bmp-timer' options together with the 'bitmap' option are stored in
the special LILO header of the bitmap image file by the
-.BI "lilo -E"
+.B lilo \-E
command. Another way works without these special header information: All
the information about 'bmp-colors', 'bmp-table' and 'bmp-timer' options
together with the 'bitmap' option are stored in the configuration file.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ not specified, "transparent" is assumed.
then "none" is assumed. The list entries are separated by commas, with no
spaces.
.TP
-.BI "bmp-retain"
+.B bmp-retain
Option applies to all 'image=' and 'other=' sections.
(See COMMON OPTIONS, below.)
.TP
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ by udev. You find the right ID in the di
boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999
.fi
.TP
-.BI "change-rules"
+.B change-rules
Defines boot-time changes to partition type numbers (`hiding').
.IP
.nf
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ section (see below), with the suffixes "
See section "Partition type change rules" of html/user_21-5.html inside
the old documentation for more details.
.TP
-.BI "compact"
+.B compact
Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map file
smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when booting
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Other options include the specification
.sp
probably only useful for floppy disks and loopback devices,
because for hard disks the
-.BI lba32
+.B lba32
disk addressing option ignores disk geometry.
.sp
Developers who have implemented a disk driver for a new block storage
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ The map installer looks for
.I /etc/disktab
if `disktab' is omitted. The use of disktabs is discouraged.
.TP
-.BI "el-torito-bootable-CD"
+.B el-torito-bootable-CD
Flag second stage loader to terminate disk emulation when booting
from an El Torito Bootable CD. This option is used by the
\fBmkrescue\fP utility when the "\-\-iso" switch is specified.
.TP
-.BI "fix-table"
+.B fix-table
This allows lilo to adjust 3D addresses in partition tables. Each
partition entry contains a 3D (cylinder/head/sector) and a linear
address of the first and the last sector of the partition. If a
@@ -364,14 +364,14 @@ unavoidable to have conflicting partitio
Operation is identical to \fBbackup=\fP above, except an existing backup
file is unconditionally overwritten if it exists.
.TP
-.BI "geometric"
+.B geometric
Force disk addressing which is compatible with older versions of LILO.
Geometric addressing uses cylinder/head/sector addresses, and is limited to
disk cylinders up to 1023. If inaccessible cylinders are referenced,
diagnostics will be issued at boot-install time, rather than boot-time.
With a newer BIOS, use of 'lba32' is recommended.
.TP
-.BI "ignore-table"
+.B ignore-table
tells lilo to ignore corrupt partition tables.
.TP
.BI "install=" <user-interface>
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ of 16 or 256 colors. (See the 'lilo \-E
(Prior to LILO version 22.3, `install=' specified the user interface as
a file in the `/boot' directory.)
.TP
-.BI "large-memory"
+.B large-memory
Normally any initial ramdisk (initrd) loaded with a kernel is loaded as
high in memory as possible, but never above 15Mb. This is due to a BIOS
limitation on older systems. On newer systems, this option enables using
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ amount of physical memory which it will
kernel documentation for the kernel command line parameter
"mem=" for limiting the memory used by the kernel.)
.TP
-.BI "lba32"
+.B lba32
Generate 32-bit Logical Block Addresses instead of cylinder/head/sector
addresses. If the BIOS supports packet addressing, then packet calls will be
used to access the disk. This allows booting from any partition on disks
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ references are retained in C:H:S form.
all post-1998 systems. Beginning with LILO version 22, 'lba32' is the
default disk addressing scheme.
.TP
-.BI "linear"
+.B linear
Generate 24-bit linear sector addresses instead of cylinder/head/sector
(geometric) addresses. Linear addresses are translated at run time to
geometric addresses, and are limited to cylinders <= 1023. When using
@@ -426,12 +426,12 @@ many of these pitfalls with its use of p
recent BIOS (post-1998). The 'linear' option is considered obsolete,
and its use is strongly discouraged.
.TP
-.BI "lock"
+.B lock
Enables automatic recording of boot command lines as the defaults
for the following boots. This way, lilo "locks" on a choice until it is
manually overridden.
.TP
-.BI "mandatory"
+.B mandatory
The per-image password option `mandatory' (see below) applies to all images.
.TP
.BI "map=" <map-file>
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ file is limited to 65535 bytes. The map
message file is changed or moved. 'message=' and 'bitmap=' are mutually
exclusive.
.TP
-.BI "nodevcache"
+.B nodevcache
(22.8)
Disables pre-loading of the internal device cache. May be needed for
Linux distributions which use non-standard device naming conventions;
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ specified by "delay=".
The keyboard detection codes cannot detect the presence or absence of
a newer USB keyboard.
.TP
-.BI "noraid"
+.B noraid
Disables the automatic marking of disk volumes which are components of
RAID arrays as \fBinaccessible\fP. This allows the user to edit the
\fBdisk=\fP
/ \fBinaccessible\fP declarations into the configuration file himself. Without
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ such declarations, duplicate Volume IDs
confusing situations at boot-time, and possible failure to boot. The use
of this keyword is generally not necessary.
.TP
-.BI "nowarn"
+.B nowarn
Disables warnings about possible future dangers.
.TP
-.BI "optional"
+.B optional
The per-image option `optional' (see below) applies to all images.
.TP
.BI "password=" <password>
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ option may prevent unattended booting, i
protected at the default level `mandatory', which is a level higher than
`restricted'.
.TP
-.BI "prompt"
+.B prompt
Automatic booting (see `delay' above) will not take place unless a locked or
pre-stored ("lilo \-R") command line is present. Instead, the boot
loader will issue the
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ record on the MBR of device 0x80, if suc
one way to have it written. Use of \fImbr\fP is the other way to force
writing to the MBR of device 0x80.
.TP
-.BI "restricted"
+.B restricted
The per-image password option `restricted' (see below) applies to all images.
.TP
.BI "serial=" <parameters>
@@ -606,13 +606,13 @@ If `serial' is set, the value of `delay'
.sp
Example: "serial=0,2400n8" initializes COM1 with the default parameters.
.TP
-.BI "single-key"
+.B single-key
This option specifies that boot images or 'other's are to be selected and
launched with a single keystroke. Selection is based upon the first
character of each name, which must be unique. This option should not be
used with the menu or bitmap user interface ("install=").
.TP
-.BI "static-BIOS-codes"
+.B static-BIOS-codes
Causes the operation of the boot installer and boot loader to bypass the
use of Volume-ID information, and to revert to a mode of operation of
versions of LILO from 22.4 backward. With Volume-ID booting (22.5 and later),
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ disk devices, as noted above.
In general, this option should
never be used, except as a bug workaround.
.TP
-.BI "suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data"
+.B suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data
This global option suppresses the boot-time real mode collection of BIOS data
on systems which hang on certain BIOS calls. It is equivalent to using the
boot-time switch 'nobd'.
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ prompt. "timeout" only has meaning if "
If no key is pressed for the specified time, the default image is
automatically booted. The default timeout is infinite.
.TP
-.BI "unattended"
+.B unattended
(22.6) Alters the operation of the "timeout" parameter in a manner which
is useful on
noisy serial lines. Each typed (or noise) character restarts the "timeout"
@@ -765,13 +765,13 @@ This specifies the size (e.g., "4096k")
zero indicates that no RAM disk should be created. If this variable is
omitted, the RAM disk size configured into the boot image is used.
.TP
-.BI "read-only"
+.B read-only
This specifies that the root file system should be mounted read-only.
It may be specified as a global option.
Typically, the system startup procedure re-mounts the root
file system read-write later (e.g. after fsck'ing it).
.TP
-.BI "read-write"
+.B read-write
This specifies that the root file system should be mounted read-write.
It may be specified as a global option.
.TP
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ in its boot sector.)
Note that /sbin/lilo must be re-run if a partition table mapped referenced
with `table' is modified.
.TP
-.BI "change"
+.B change
This keyword starts a section which describes how primary partition IDs are
changed, and how primary partitions are activated and deactivated. If
.B change
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ better to specify "master-boot" as the g
interfere with floppy disk BIOS device codes; "boot-as=" is then used as a
local option to override "master-boot" as necessary.
.TP
-.BI "master-boot"
+.B master-boot
This flag (LILO version 22.5) indicates a DOS/Windows or other
system which will only boot from BIOS device 0x80, the "C:" drive, or BIOS
device 0, the A: drive. When this
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ C: and D: drives,
This option is largely
rendered obsolete by "boot-as=", introduced with LILO version 22.5.
.TP
-.BI "unsafe"
+.B unsafe
Do not access the boot sector at map creation time. This disables
some sanity checks, including a partition table check. If the boot
sector is on a fixed-format floppy disk device, using UNSAFE avoids the
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ In both the
.BR image= " and " other=
cases, the following options apply.
.TP
-.BI "bypass"
+.B bypass
No password is required to boot this image. Used to indicate that the global
password does not apply to this `image=' or `other='. See 'password=' below.
.TP
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ A different name can be used by setting
.BI "alias=" <name>
A second name for the same entry can be used by specifying an alias.
.TP
-.BI "bmp-retain"
+.B "bmp-retain
The bitmap graphic (install=bmp) is retained when control is passed to the
loaded kernel image, or other= bootloader; i.e., the screen is not
blanked to alphanumeric mode before starting the kernel. This feature is
@@ -999,19 +999,19 @@ Specifies a string that is stored as the
command line if the current image is booted. This is useful when
experimenting with kernels which may crash before allowing interaction
with the system. If using the
-.BI fallback
+.B fallback
option, the next reboot (e.g.
triggered by a manual reset or by a watchdog timer) will load a
different (supposedly stable) kernel. The command line stored by the fallback
mechanism is cleared by removing or changing the default command line
with the
-.IR "-R"
+.I \-R
option, which should be a part of the boot startup scripts.
.TP
-.BI "lock"
+.B lock
(See above.)
.TP
-.BI "optional"
+.B optional
Omit the image if it is not available at map creation time.
It may be specified as a global option.
This is useful to specify test kernels that are not always present.
@@ -1032,11 +1032,11 @@ config-file is updated, a warning messag
will be issued telling you to re-run \fIlilo \-p\fP to force re-creation of the
password cache file.
.TP
-.BI "mandatory"
+.B mandatory
A password is required to boot this image. This is the default. May be used
on a single `image=' or `other=' to override a different global setting.
.TP
-.BI "nokbdisable"
+.B nokbdisable
(22.7.2)
The specified descriptor is not bootable if the IBM-PC keyboard is not present.
This option is really only useful if the "serial=" boot terminal is in use.
@@ -1046,17 +1046,17 @@ See
.I nokbdefault
above.
.TP
-.BI "restricted"
+.B restricted
A password is only required to boot the image if kernel parameters
are specified on the command line (e.g. 'single'). May be used
on a single `image=' or `other=' to override a different global setting.
.TP
-.BI "vmwarn"
+.B vmwarn
If booting under a virtual monitor such as VMware(tm), the image with this
label will cause a cautionary warning to be issued at boot time, and user
intervention will be required to continue or to abort the boot process.
.TP
-.BI "vmdisable"
+.B vmdisable
If booting under a virtual monitor, the image with this label will not be
displayed as a boot option. The image is only bootable in real mode. See
.I vmdefault
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