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 #### The patch is in the attachment. ### -- 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