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)