Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0

Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable!  Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits.  The ISOs are off to the replicator.  This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com.  Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project.  Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy!  -P.

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+Slackware LILO Installation HELP file
+
+WARNING: As they say in the LILO docs, installing boot 
+loaders is inherently dangerous. Be careful out there!
+
+These are the options you can use at the Slackware LILO
+install menu:
+
+1. Start LILO configuration with a new LILO header.
+
+   This choice allows you to start a new configuration 
+   file, /etc/lilo.conf, with no OS's entered into it 
+   (yet).
+
+   You'll first be asked if you want to use an optional
+   append="...." line. If you didn't need to use extra 
+   parameters at the bootkernel prompt, then you can
+   probably just hit ENTER here.
+
+   You will be asked where you want to install LILO. This
+   can be your Master Boot Record, your root partition's
+   superblock (for OS/2's Boot Manager), or to a 
+   formatted floppy disk. 
+   
+   Next, you'll be asked if you want a delay before 
+   booting the first OS in your lilo.conf file. This delay
+   allows you to hit left-shift and boot any OS in the 
+   lilo.conf file by typing in the label you've given it.
+
+   Once you've started a new lilo.conf, you must add at 
+   least one OS to it before you can install LILO.
+
+2. Menu choices to add Linux, OS/2, and DOS to the lilo.conf.
+
+   These all pretty much work the same way. You'll be asked 
+   which partition you want to make bootable (answer 
+   /dev/hda1 or whatever partition you wish to use), and 
+   you'll also be asked to assign a label to the partition.
+   The label can be any short word such as "Linux" or "OS/2"
+   that you'll type in later to boot that partition. The boot
+   prompt is not case-sensitive, so the user can type LINUX or
+   os/2 later on and it will match the labels Linux and OS/2.
+
+3. Install LILO
+   
+   Once you've looked at your new config file and are 
+   satisfied with the way it looks, pick this choice to 
+   install LILO and leave the LILO installation menu.
+
+
+Other options:
+
+  -- Recycle (Reinstall) using your original /etc/lilo.conf.
+
+   If you already have an /etc/lilo.conf, and you just need to
+   refresh lilo then you don't need to reconstruct your 
+   lilo.conf.  Just use this menu choice to reinstall LILO 
+   using the existing /etc/lilo.conf.
+
+
+  -- View your current /etc/lilo.conf
+
+   If you haven't begun building a new lilo.conf, this choice
+   will let you take a look at the existing one in /etc on your
+   root Linux partition. 
+
+   If you have begun constructing a new lilo.conf, this option
+   will let you view the progress on that.
+
+
+ -- Skip LILO installation and exit this menu
+
+  This option skips LILO installation. Use this if you don't 
+  want to install LILO, or if you've already installed it and 
+  don't need to reinstall. You have to reinstall LILO whenever
+  you change your Linux kernel.
+
+ -- Help - Read the Linux Loader HELP file 
+ 
+  I hope you found it helpful! :^)
+
+
+-----------
+
+Other LILO information:
+
+  LILO on the Master Boot Record can be removed easily. 
+  MS-DOS's fdisk has a /MBR option that restores the master
+  boot record. You can actually restore your original boot 
+  sector from the copy LILO makes in /boot, as well. This is
+  the best way to go about it. See the LILO docs for more 
+  information. There is also a '-u' flag to LILO that restores
+  the boot sector from the backup copy.  Again, see the LILO
+  docs for detailed info.
+
+Good luck!
+
+--- end of LILO help
+