Slackware 14.1slackware-14.1

Mon Nov  4 17:08:47 UTC 2013
Slackware 14.1 x86_64 stable is released!

It's been another interesting release cycle here at Slackware bringing
new features like support for UEFI machines, updated compilers and
development tools, the switch from MySQL to MariaDB, and many more
improvements throughout the system.  Thanks to the team, the upstream
developers, the dedicated Slackware community, and everyone else who
pitched in to help make this release a reality.

The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a
dual-sided
32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.  Please consider supporting the Slackware
project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com.  We're taking
pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription.

Have fun!  :-)

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/source/a/lilo/liloconfig b/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
index d8bc02dd4..75e3b0eba 100644
--- a/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
+++ b/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright 1994, 1998, 1999 Patrick Volkerding, Moorhead, Minnesota USA
 # Copyright 2002, 2003  Slackware Linux, Inc, Concord, CA
-# Copyright 2007, 2008, 2011  Patrick Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
+# Copyright 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013  Patrick Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ TMP=/var/log/setup/tmp
 CONSOLETYPE=standard
 unset UTFVT
 
+# Most of the time LILO is not used on UEFI machines (in fact, it is useless
+# unless the machine is running in legacy BIOS mode).  So, we'll detect if
+# this is a machine running UEFI and suggest skipping LILO installation.
+# We'll still allow it if the user wants it, though.  It won't hurt anything,
+# and might be useful for booting in Legacy BIOS mode later.
+if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
+  dialog --title "UEFI FIRMWARE DETECTED" \
+--backtitle "LILO (Linux Loader) installation" \
+--menu \
+"Since LILO (the traditional Linux Loader) does not work with machines \
+running UEFI firmware (except in Legacy BIOS mode), you probably do not \
+need to install it.  Instead, you'll need ELILO, which is a version of \
+LILO designed to work with EFI/UEFI systems." \
+12 70 2 \
+"skip" "Skip installing LILO and proceed to ELILO installation" \
+"install" "Install LILO anyway" 2> $TMP/reply
+ if [ $? = 1 -o $? = 255 ]; then
+  exit
+ fi
+ REPLY="`cat $TMP/reply`"
+ rm -f $TMP/reply
+ if [ "$REPLY" = "skip" ]; then
+   exit
+ fi
+fi
+
 # Set the OS root directory (called T_PX for some unknown reason).
 # If an argument is given to this script and it is a directory, it
 # is taken to be the root directory.  First though, we check for a
@@ -52,6 +78,15 @@ if [ ! -d "$T_PX" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+# If os-prober is availible, we will use it to filter out unbootable
+# FAT/NTFS partitions.  If it is not availble, we'll use /bin/true
+# instead to avoid filtering.
+if which os-prober > /dev/null ; then
+  OSPROBER=os-prober
+else
+  OSPROBER=true
+fi
+
 # Determine LILO documentation directory:
 LILODOCDIR="$(ls -d $T_PX/usr/doc/lilo-* 2> /dev/null | tail -n 1)"
 if [ ! -d "$LILODOCDIR" ]; then
@@ -294,6 +329,7 @@ EOF
    cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
 boot = $ROOT_DEVICE
 #delay = 5
+#compact        # faster, but won't work on all systems.
 EOF
    if [ $CONSOLETYPE = standard ]; then
      cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
@@ -396,6 +432,8 @@ EOF
  cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
 boot = $LILO_TARGET
 
+#compact        # faster, but won't work on all systems.
+
 # Boot BMP Image.
 # Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
   bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
@@ -474,13 +512,18 @@ cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
 # End LILO global section
 EOF
  # OK, now let's look for Windows partitions:
- DOSP="`PROBE -l | grep "DOS
+ # If we have os-prober, use the Windows partition list from that:
+ if which os-prober > /dev/null ; then
+  DOSP="$(os-prober 2> /dev/null | grep Windows | cut -f 1 -d :)"
+ else # use PROBE output:
+  DOSP="$(PROBE -l | grep "DOS
 Win
 W95
 FAT12
 FAT16
-HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort`"
- DOSP="`echo $DOSP | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
+HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort )"
+  DOSP="`echo $DOSP | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
+ fi
  if [ ! "$DOSP" = "" ]; then
   TABLE="`echo $DOSP | cut -b1-8`"
   cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
@@ -896,7 +939,9 @@ default." 13 74 4 \
 #
 # Start LILO global section
 boot = $LILO_TARGET
+
 #compact        # faster, but won't work on all systems.
+
 EOF
    # Boot splash
    if [ "$PROMPT" = "prompt" ]; then
@@ -1096,7 +1141,7 @@ Win
 W95
 FAT12
 FAT16
-HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort >> $TMP/tmpmsg
+HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort | grep "$($OSPROBER 2> /dev/null | grep Windows | cut -f 1 -d :)" >> $TMP/tmpmsg
     echo >> $TMP/tmpmsg
     echo "Which one would you like LILO to boot?" >> $TMP/tmpmsg
     dialog --title "SELECT WINDOWS PARTITION" --no-collapse --inputbox \