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msgid "LILO.CONF"
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#. type: TH
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msgid "June 2013"
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
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msgid "NAME"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
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msgid "lilo.conf - configuration file for lilo"
msgstr ""

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msgid "DESCRIPTION"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"This file, by default I</etc/lilo.conf>, is read by the boot loader "
"installer 'lilo' (see lilo(8))."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
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msgid "It might look as follows:"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"# /etc/lilo.conf\n"
"#\n"
"#  global options:\n"
"boot=/dev/hda\n"
"prompt\n"
"timeout=150\n"
"lba32\n"
"compact\n"
"vga=normal\n"
"root=/dev/hda1\n"
"read-only\n"
"menu-title=\" John's Computer \"\n"
"#\n"
"### bootable kernel images ###\n"
"image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-i386\n"
"     label=try\n"
"     initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-1-i386\n"
"image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.33-1-i386\n"
"     label=2.4.33\n"
"image=/tamu/vmlinuz\n"
"     label=tamu\n"
"     initrd=/tamu/initrd.img\n"
"     root=/dev/hdb2\n"
"     vga=ask\n"
"#\n"
"### other operating systems ###\n"
"other=/dev/hda3\n"
"     label=PCDOS\n"
"     boot-as=0x80    # must be C:\n"
"other=/dev/hdb1\n"
"     label=WinXP\n"
"     boot-as=0x80    # must be C:\n"
"other=/dev/hdb5\n"
"     label=oldDOS\n"
"     loader=chain\n"
"     table=/dev/hdb5\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"This configuration file specifies that lilo uses the Master Boot Record on /"
"dev/hda. (For a discussion of the various ways to use lilo, and the "
"interaction with other operating systems, see html/user_21-5.html inside the "
"old documentation.)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"When booting, the boot loader will issue its I<boot:> prompt and wait for "
"you to enter the label of the kernel (and any options) which you wish to "
"boot. At any time you may hit [Tab] to see a list of kernel/other labels.  "
"Alternately, if the B<menu> boot loader is installed, a menu of boot options "
"will be presented for your selection.  The title of this menu is overridden "
"with the menu title specification in this configuration file.  If you enter "
"nothing, then the default kernel image, the first mentioned, (in the "
"example /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-1-i386) will be booted after a timeout of 15 "
"seconds (150 deciseconds). There may be at least 16 images mentioned in lilo."
"conf. (The exact number depends upon compilation options.)"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"As can be seen above, a configuration file starts with a number of global "
"options (the top 9 lines in the example), followed by descriptions of the "
"options for the various images.  An option in an image description will "
"override a global option."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
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msgid "Comment lines may appear anywhere, and begin with the \"#\" character."
msgstr ""

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msgid "GLOBAL OPTIONS"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"There are many possible keywords. The description below is almost literally "
"from html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation (just slightly "
"abbreviated)."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<backup=>I<E<lt>backup-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies the location where a copy of any modified boot sector will be "
"saved in a file. 'backup=' may specify this location in one of three ways: a "
"directory where the default backup file 'boot.NNNN' will be created; a file "
"pathname template to which the '.NNNN' suffix will be added; or the full "
"file pathname, which must include the correct '.NNNN' suffix.  All RAID "
"installations should use only the first two alternatives, as multiple "
"backups may be created.  The '.NNNN' suffix is the hexadecimal "
"representation of the major and minor device numbers of the device or "
"partition. If this option is not specified, the default name of boot sector "
"backups is '/boot/boot.NNNN'. If a backup already exists, it will be "
"preserved, rather than overwritten.  C.f., B<force-backup=> below."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bios-passes-dl=>I<E<lt>optionE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"The option is indicated as I<yes>, I<no>, or I<unknown>.  If not specified, "
"a value of \"unknown\" is assumed, unless additional information is "
"available to the boot installer. When \"no\" is specified, it indicates that "
"the BIOS is known not to pass the current boot device code to the boot "
"loader in the DL register.  Its only function at this point is experimental, "
"as certain RAID installations may benefit from knowing that the BIOS is 100% "
"reliable.  Its use should be considered experimental."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"This option may be specified on the command line with the '-Z' switch: "
"yes=1, no=0."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bitmap=>I<E<lt>bitmap-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies use of a 640x480x16 (VGA BIOS) or 640x480x256 (VGA/VESA BIOS)  "
"bitmap file as the background on which a boot menu is displayed.  May not be "
"used if 'message=' is specified.  Use of this option will select a bitmap-"
"capable boot loader, unless overridden with \"install=\" (see below)."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"When a bitmap file is specified as a background screen during the boot "
"process, the color selection and layout of the text which overlays the "
"graphic image must be specified in one of two ways."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"One way is the use of header information in the bitmap image (*.bmp) file: "
"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 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.  Any use of "
"the 'bmp-' options within the configuration file overrides the options "
"stored in the bitmap file header. If lilo cannot find any of the 'bmp-' "
"options, then default values are used."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bmp-colors=>I<E<lt>fgE<gt>,E<lt>bgE<gt>,E<lt>shE<gt>,E<lt>hfgE<gt>,E<lt>hbgE<gt>,E<lt>hshE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies the decimal values of the colors to be used for the menu display "
"on a 'bitmap=' background.  The list consists of 6 entries, 3 for normal "
"text followed by 3 for highlighted text.  The order of each triple is: "
"foreground color, background color, shadow color.  If background color is "
"not specified, \"transparent\" is assumed.  If shadow color is not "
"specified, then \"none\" is assumed.  The list entries are separated by "
"commas, with no spaces."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bmp-retain>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Option applies to all 'image=' and 'other=' sections.  (See COMMON OPTIONS, "
"below.)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bmp-table=>I<E<lt>xE<gt>,E<lt>yE<gt>,E<lt>ncolE<gt>,E<lt>nrowE<gt>,E<lt>xsepE<gt>,E<lt>spillE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies the location and layout of the menu table.  E<lt>xE<gt>,"
"E<lt>yE<gt> specify the starting x- and y-position of the upper left corner "
"of the table in character coordinates: x in [1..80], y in [1..30]. "
"E<lt>ncolE<gt> is the number of columns in the menu (1..5); and "
"E<lt>nrowE<gt> is the number of rows (entries)  in each column.  If more "
"than one column is specified, then E<lt>xsepE<gt> is the number of character "
"columns between the leftmost characters in each column: (18..40), and "
"E<lt>spillE<gt> is the number of entries in one column which must be filled "
"before entries spill into the next column. E<lt>spillE<gt> must be .le. "
"E<lt>nrowE<gt>. If pixel addressing is used, instead of character "
"addressing, then any of E<lt>xE<gt>, E<lt>yE<gt>, or E<lt>xsepE<gt> may be "
"specified with a 'p' suffix on the decimal value."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<bmp-timer=>I<E<lt>xE<gt>,E<lt>yE<gt>,E<lt>fgE<gt>,E<lt>bgE<gt>,E<lt>shE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Optional specification of the 'timeout=' countdown timer.  E<lt>xE<gt>,"
"E<lt>yE<gt> specifies the character (or pixel) coordinate of the location of "
"the timer the same as 'bmp-table=' above; and the color triple specifies the "
"character color attributes the same as 'bmp-colors=' above, with the "
"exception that the background color I<must> be specified.  If used to "
"override the timer specification in a bitmap file, then the form 'bmp-timer "
"= none' is acceptable.  This will disable the timer display entirely."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<boot=>I<E<lt>boot-deviceE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Sets the name of the device (e.g. hard disk or partition) that contains the "
"boot sector and where the new boot sector should be written to. Notice: The "
"boot-device should be the device with the currently mounted root partition."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"A raid installation is initiated by specifying a RAID1 device as the boot "
"device; e.g., \"boot=/dev/md0\"."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"On newer systems you need an unique ID for the boot device. If the boot "
"sector should write to a partition you can use its UUID in the same manner "
"is for the root options."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"If your boot device is a hard disk you need a special ID, which is supported "
"by udev. You find the right ID in the directory /dev/disks/by-id, i. e.:"
msgstr ""

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msgid "    boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<change-rules>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
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msgid "Defines boot-time changes to partition type numbers (`hiding')."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"change-rules\n"
"   reset\n"
"   type=DOS12\n"
"      normal=1\n"
"      hidden=0x11\n"
"   type=DOS16_small\n"
"      normal=4\n"
"      hidden=0x14\n"
"   type=DOS16_big\n"
"      normal=0x06\n"
"      hidden=0x16\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"The above excerpt from a configuration file specifies that all default "
"I<change-rules> are removed (\"reset\"), and the change-rules for three "
"partition types are specified.  Without the I<reset>, the three types "
"specified would have been added to the existing default change-rules.  "
"Normally, the default rules are sufficient.  The strings which define the "
"partition types are used in a I<change> section (see below), with the "
"suffixes \"_normal\" or \"_hidden\" appended.  See section \"Partition type "
"change rules\" of html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation for more "
"details."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<compact>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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 using a map file on a "
"floppy disk."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<default=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Uses the specified image as the default boot image. If `default' is omitted, "
"the image appearing first in the configuration file is used. See also, "
"I<vmdefault> below."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<delay=>I<E<lt>tsecsE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies the number of tenths of a second the boot loader should wait "
"before automatically booting a locked command line, a command line pre-"
"stored by \"lilo -R\", or the default `image=' or `other='.  When `delay' is "
"non-zero, the boot loader will wait for an interrupt for the specified "
"interval. If an interrupt is received, or is already waiting, the B<boot:> "
"prompt will be be issued, and no automatic boot will take place. The setting "
"of CAPS LOCK or SCROLL LOCK, or any of the keys ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT, when "
"held down, are taken as interrupts."
msgstr ""

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msgid "This action is modified by specifying `prompt' (see below)."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<disk=>I<E<lt>device-nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Defines non-standard parameters for the specified disk. See section \"Disk "
"geometry\" of html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation for details.  "
"For versions of LILO prior to 22.5, the `bios=' parameter is quite useful "
"for specifying how the BIOS has assigned device codes to your disks.  For "
"example,"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"       disk=/dev/sda\n"
"            bios=0x80\n"
"       disk=/dev/hda\n"
"            bios=0x81\n"
"       disk=/dev/sdb\n"
"            inaccessible\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"would say that your SCSI disk is the first BIOS disk (0x80), that your "
"(primary master) IDE disk is the second BIOS disk (0x81), and that your "
"second SCSI disk (perhaps a USB device) receives no device code, and is "
"therefore inaccessible at boot time."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"NOTE: Use of the 'bios=' option is largely obsolete beginning with LILO "
"version 22.5, as the boot loader now identifies disks by 32-bit Volume-ID, "
"and defers BIOS device code determination until boot time."
msgstr ""

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msgid "Other options include the specification of disk geometry; e.g.,"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"       disk=/dev/fd0\n"
"            sectors=18\n"
"            heads=2\n"
"            cylinders=80\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"probably only useful for floppy disks and loopback devices, because for hard "
"disks the B<lba32> disk addressing option ignores disk geometry."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Developers who have implemented a disk driver for a new block storage device "
"will have to indicate to LILO the maximum number of partitions on the "
"device.  This is in addition to making all of the necessary entries for the "
"device in the \"/dev\" directory (with 'mknod').  The maximum number of "
"partitions must be one of 63 (like an IDE disk), 31 (uncommon), 15 (like "
"SCSI disks -- most common value), or 7 (like one array controller). An "
"example specification would be:"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"     disk=/dev/userd0\n"
"          max-partitions=15\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"In cases where there is no kernel partition information available, such as "
"on loopback devices, the 'disk=' specification may include paritition start "
"information; viz.,"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"       disk=/dev/loop0\n"
"            bios=0x80\t\t\t# use this BIOS code\n"
"            max-partitions=7\t\t# declare partitionable\n"
"            paritition=/dev/loop1\n"
"                 start=63\t\t# offset from sector 0\n"
"            paritition=/dev/loop2\n"
"                 start=102400\t\t# offset from sector 0\n"
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<disktab=>I<E<lt>disktab-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Specifies the name of the disk parameter table.  The map installer looks for "
"I</etc/disktab> if `disktab' is omitted. The use of disktabs is discouraged."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<el-torito-bootable-CD>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Flag second stage loader to terminate disk emulation when booting from an El "
"Torito Bootable CD. This option is used by the B<mkrescue> utility when the "
"\"--iso\" switch is specified."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<fix-table>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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 partition is not track-aligned "
"and if certain other operating systems (e.g. PC/MS-DOS) are using the same "
"disk, they may change the 3D address. lilo can store its boot sector only on "
"partitions where both address types correspond. lilo re-adjusts incorrect 3D "
"start addresses if `fix-table' is set."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"WARNING: This does not guarantee that other operating systems may not "
"attempt to reset the address later. It is also possible that this change has "
"other, unexpected side-effects. The correct fix is to re-partition the drive "
"with a program that does align partitions to tracks. Also, with some disks "
"(e.g. some large EIDE disks with address translation enabled), under some "
"circumstances, it may even be unavoidable to have conflicting partition "
"table entries."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<force-backup=>I<E<lt>backup-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Operation is identical to B<backup=> above, except an existing backup file "
"is unconditionally overwritten if it exists."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<geometric>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<ignore-table>"
msgstr ""

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msgid "tells lilo to ignore corrupt partition tables."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<install=>I<E<lt>user-interfaceE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"Selects the user interface which will be seen at boot time.  One of the "
"following three options may be specified: B<text>, B<menu>, or B<bmp>. The "
"traditional LILO interface is `text'; but `menu' is now the default, unless "
"the configuration file contains the `bitmap=' specification.  The I<text> "
"interface is strictly a command-line interface as though the console were a "
"dumb terminal.  The I<menu> interface is a text-based screen of the boot "
"choices, with the option to enter additional command line parameters.  And "
"the I<bmp> interface is a menu presented against a graphic screen, specified "
"as a 640x480 BitMaP file of 16 or 256 colors.  (See the 'lilo -E' switch for "
"editing options)."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"(Prior to LILO version 22.3, `install=' specified the user interface as a "
"file in the `/boot' directory.)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<large-memory>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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 "
"memory above 15Mb (up to a kernel imposed limit, around 768Mb) for passing "
"the initrd to the kernel.  The presence of this option merely indicates that "
"your system does not have the old BIOS limitation."
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"This switch (or its absence) is not passed to the kernel, and does not in "
"any way affect the amount of physical memory which it will use.  (See the "
"kernel documentation for the kernel command line parameter \"mem=\" for "
"limiting the memory used by the kernel.)"
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<lba32>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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 "
"with more than 1024 cylinders.  If the BIOS does not support packet "
"addressing, then 'lba32' addresses are translated to cylinder/head/sector "
"('geometric'), just as for 'linear'.  All floppy disk references are "
"retained in C:H:S form.  Use of 'lba32' is recommended on all post-1998 "
"systems.  Beginning with LILO version 22, 'lba32' is the default disk "
"addressing scheme."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<linear>"
msgstr ""

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msgid ""
"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 E<lt>= 1023. When using "
"`linear' with large disks, I</sbin/lilo> may generate references to "
"inaccessible disk cylinders. 'lba32' avoids many of these pitfalls with its "
"use of packet addressing, but requires a recent BIOS (post-1998).  The "
"'linear' option is considered obsolete, and its use is strongly discouraged."
msgstr ""

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msgid "B<lock>"
msgstr ""

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#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<mandatory>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The per-image password option `mandatory' (see below) applies to all images."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<map=>I<E<lt>map-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Specifies the location of the map file. If `map' is omitted, the file I</"
"boot/map> is used."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"On machines with a pre-1998 BIOS, the EDD bios extensions which are required "
"to support \"lba32\" disk sector addressing may not be present. In this "
"case, the boot-loader will fall back automatically to \"geometric\" "
"addressing; this fall back situation, or the specific use of \"geometric\" "
"or \"linear\" addressing, will require the map file to be located within the "
"first 1024 cylinders of the disk drive. This BIOS limitation is not present "
"on post-1998 systems, most of which support the newer EDD disk BIOS calls."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<menu-title=>I<E<lt>title-stringE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Specifies the title line (up to 37 characters) for the boot menu. This title "
"replaces the default \"LILO Boot Menu\" title string. If I<menu> is not "
"installed as the boot loader (see I<install=> option), then this line has no "
"effect."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<menu-scheme=>I<E<lt>color-schemeE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The default color scheme of the boot menu may be overridden on VGA displays "
"using this option. (The color scheme of MDA displays is fixed.)  The general "
"I<color-scheme> string is of the form:"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "     E<lt>textE<gt>:E<lt>highlightE<gt>:E<lt>borderE<gt>:E<lt>titleE<gt>\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"where each entry is two characters which specify a foreground color and a "
"background color. Only the first entry is required. The default highlight is "
"the reverse of the text color; and the default border and title colors are "
"the text color.  Colors are specified using the characters B<kbgcrmyw>, for "
"blacB<K>, B<B>lue, B<G>reen, B<C>yan, B<R>ed, B<M>agenta, B<Y>ellow, and "
"B<W>hite: upper case for intense (fg only), lower case for dim.  Legal color-"
"scheme strings would be"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"    menu-scheme=Wm     intense white on magenta\n"
"    menu-scheme=wr:bw:wr:Yr    the LILO default\n"
"    menu-scheme=Yk:kw    bright yellow on black\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"If I<menu> is not installed as the boot loader, then this line has no effect."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<message=>I<E<lt>message-fileE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"specifies a file containing a message that is displayed before the boot "
"prompt. No message is displayed while waiting for a shifting key after "
"printing \"LILO \". In the message, the FF character ([Ctrl L]) clears the "
"local screen. This is undesirable when the I<menu> boot loader is "
"installed.  The size of the message file is limited to 65535 bytes. The map "
"file has to be rebuilt if the message file is changed or moved.  'message=' "
"and 'bitmap=' are mutually exclusive."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<nodevcache>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"(22.8)  Disables pre-loading of the internal device cache. May be needed for "
"Linux distributions which use non-standard device naming conventions; e.g., "
"when the first IDE disk is not `/dev/hda'."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<nokbdefault=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"(22.7.2)  The named descriptor is taken to be the default boot image if no "
"IBM-PC keyboard is present. If no serial interface (\"serial=\") is in use, "
"then any \"prompt\" keyword and \"timeout\" value are bypassed, and default "
"booting occurs as specified by \"delay=\".  The keyboard detection codes "
"cannot detect the presence or absence of a newer USB keyboard."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<noraid>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Disables the automatic marking of disk volumes which are components of RAID "
"arrays as B<inaccessible>.  This allows the user to edit the B<disk=> / "
"B<inaccessible> declarations into the configuration file himself.  Without "
"such declarations, duplicate Volume IDs will be overwritten, leading to "
"confusing situations at boot-time, and possible failure to boot.  The use of "
"this keyword is generally not necessary."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<nowarn>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "Disables warnings about possible future dangers."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<optional>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "The per-image option `optional' (see below) applies to all images."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<password=>I<E<lt>passwordE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The per-image option `password=...' (see below) applies to all images. This "
"option may prevent unattended booting, if the default image is `password=' "
"protected at the default level `mandatory', which is a level higher than "
"`restricted'."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<prompt>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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 I<boot:> prompt and wait for user input before proceeding "
"(see I<timeout> below).  Unattended default image reboots are impossible if "
"`prompt' is set and `timeout' is not, or the default image is password "
"protected at a higher level than `restricted'."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<raid-extra-boot=>I<E<lt>optionE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option only has meaning for RAID1 installations.  The E<lt>optionE<gt> "
"may be specified as I<none>, I<auto>, I<mbr>, I<mbr-only>, or a comma-"
"separated list of devices; e.g., \"/dev/hda,/dev/hdc6\".  Starting with LILO "
"version 22.0, the boot record is normally written to the first sector of the "
"RAID1 partition.  On PARALLEL raid sets, no other boot records are needed.  "
"The default action is I<auto>, meaning, automatically generate auxiliary "
"boot records as needed on SKEWED raid sets.  I<none> means suppress "
"generation of all auxiliary boot records.  I<mbr-only> suppresses generation "
"of a boot record on the raid device, and forces compatibility with versions "
"of LILO earlier than version 22.0 by writing boot records to all Master Boot "
"Records (MBRs) of all disks which have partitions in the raid set. I<mbr> is "
"like I<mbr-only> except the boot record on the RAID partition is not "
"suppressed.  Use of an explicit list of devices, forces writing of auxiliary "
"boot records only on those devices enumerated, in addition to the boot "
"record on the RAID1 device. Since the version 22 RAID1 codes will never "
"automatically write a boot record on the MBR of device 0x80, if such a boot "
"record is desired, this is one way to have it written. Use of I<mbr> is the "
"other way to force writing to the MBR of device 0x80."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<restricted>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The per-image password option `restricted' (see below) applies to all images."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<serial=>I<E<lt>parametersE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"enables control from a serial line. The specified serial port is initialized "
"and the boot loader is accepting input from it and from the PC's keyboard. "
"Sending a break on the serial line corresponds to pressing a shift key on "
"the console in order to get the boot loader's attention.  All boot images "
"should be password-protected if the serial access is less secure than access "
"to the console, e.g. if the line is connected to a modem. The parameter "
"string has the following syntax:"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "    E<lt>portE<gt>[,E<lt>bpsE<gt>[E<lt>parityE<gt>[E<lt>bitsE<gt>]]]\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"E<lt>portE<gt>: the number of the serial port, zero-based. 0 corresponds to "
"COM1 alias /dev/ttyS0, etc. All four ports can be used (if present)."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"E<lt>bpsE<gt>: the baud rate of the serial port. The following baud rates "
"are supported: 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400(default), 4800, 9600, plus the "
"extended rates 19200, 38400, and 57600(56000).  115200 is allowed, but may "
"not work with all COMx port hardware."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"E<lt>parityE<gt>: the parity used on the serial line. The boot loader "
"ignores input parity and strips the 8th bit. The following (upper or lower "
"case)  characters are used to describe the parity: \"n\" for no parity, "
"\"e\" for even parity and \"o\" for odd parity."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"E<lt>bitsE<gt>: the number of bits in a character. Only 7 and 8 bits are "
"supported. Default is 8 if parity is \"none\", 7 if parity is \"even\" or "
"\"odd\"."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "If `serial' is set, the value of `delay' is automatically raised to 20."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Example: \"serial=0,2400n8\" initializes COM1 with the default parameters."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<single-key>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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=\")."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<static-BIOS-codes>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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), the "
"BIOS codes of disks are determined at boot time, not install time; hence "
"they may be switched around, either by adding or removing disk(s) from the "
"hardware configuration, or by using a BIOS menu to select the boot device."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"With the use of this option, BIOS codes of disks MUST be correctly specified "
"at install time; either guessed correctly by LILO (which often fails on "
"mixed IDE/SCSI systems), or explicitly specified with 'disk=/dev/XXX "
"bios=0xYY' statements.  The use of this option precludes any activity which "
"may switch around the BIOS codes assigned to particular disk devices, as "
"noted above."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"In general, this option should never be used, except as a bug workaround."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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'."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option defeats the disk volume recognition and BIOS device code "
"detection features of LILO on systems with more than one disk. Thus the use "
"of this option will produce a strong cautionary message, which cannot be "
"suppressed."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<timeout=>I<E<lt>tsecsE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"sets a timeout (in tenths of a second) for keyboard input at the I<boot:> "
"prompt.  \"timeout\" only has meaning if \"prompt\" is mentioned.  If no key "
"is pressed for the specified time, the default image is automatically "
"booted. The default timeout is infinite."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<unattended>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"(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\" timer and a timeout will always boot the default descriptor, "
"even if noise characters have appeared on the input line."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<verbose=>I<E<lt>numberE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Turns on lots of progress reporting. Higher numbers give more verbose "
"output. If -v is additionally specified on the lilo command line, the level "
"is increased accordingly. The maximum verbosity level is 5."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<vmdefault=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The named boot image is used as the default boot if booting in \"virtual\" "
"mode with a virtual monitor, such as VMware(tm).  Thus a real mode boot and "
"a virtual mode boot can be made to have different default boot images."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Additionally, the kernel configuration parameters B<append>, B<ramdisk>, "
"B<read-only>, B<read-write>, B<root> and B<vga> can be set in the global "
"options section. They are used as defaults if they aren't specified in the "
"configuration sections of the respective kernel images."
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "PER-IMAGE SECTION"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "A per-image section starts with either a line"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "    B<image=>I<E<lt>pathnameE<gt>>\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"to indicate a file or device containing the boot image of a Linux kernel, or "
"a line"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "    B<other=>I<E<lt>deviceE<gt>>\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "to indicate an arbitrary system to boot."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"In the former case, if an B<image> line specifies booting from a device, "
"then one has to indicate the range of sectors to be mapped using"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"    B<range=>I<E<lt>startE<gt>-E<lt>endE<gt>>\n"
"    B<range=>I<E<lt>startE<gt>+E<lt>nsecE<gt>>\n"
"    B<range=>I<E<lt>sectorE<gt>>\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "In the third case, 'nsec=1' is assumed."
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "KERNEL OPTIONS (image=)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"If the booted image is a Linux kernel, then one may pass command line "
"parameters to this kernel."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<addappend=>I<E<lt>stringE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The kernel parameters of this string are concatenated to the parameter(s) "
"from an B<append=> option (see below).  The string of addappend must be "
"enclosed within double quotes.  Usually, the previous B<append=> will set "
"parameters common to all kernels by appearing in the global section of the "
"configuration file and B<addappend=> will be used to add local parameter(s) "
"to an individual image.  The addappend option may be used only once per "
"\"image=\" section."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"If the string is a very long line, this line can be divided in more lines "
"using \"\\e\" as last character of a line, e.g."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"    addappend=\"noapic acpi=off pci=usepirqmask \\e\n"
"            pnpbios=off pnpacpi=off noisapnp\"\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<append=>I<E<lt>stringE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Appends the options specified to the parameter line passed to the kernel.  "
"This is typically used to specify hardware parameters that can't be entirely "
"auto-detected or for which probing may be dangerous. Multiple kernel "
"parameters are separated by a blank space, and the string must be enclosed "
"in double quotes.  A local append= appearing withing an image= section "
"overrides any global append= appearing in the global section of the "
"configuration file.  The append option may be used only once per \"image=\" "
"section. To concatenate parameter strings, use \"addappend=\". Example:"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "     append=\"mem=96M hd=576,64,32 console=ttyS1,9600\"\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"If the string is a very long line, this line can be divided in more lines "
"using \"\\e\" as last character of a line. See example of addappend option."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<initrd=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Specifies the initial ramdisk image to be loaded with the kernel.  The image "
"will contain modules needed at boot time, such as network and scsi drivers. "
"See man pages for I<mkinitrd(8)>."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<literal=>I<E<lt>stringE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Like `append', but removes all other options (e.g. setting of the root "
"device). 'literal' overrides all 'append' and 'addappend' options.  Because "
"vital options can be removed unintentionally with `literal', this option "
"cannot be set in the global options section."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<ramdisk=>I<E<lt>sizeE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies the size (e.g., \"4096k\") of the optional RAM disk. A value "
"of 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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<read-only>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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)."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<read-write>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies that the root file system should be mounted read-write.  It "
"may be specified as a global option."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<root=>I<E<lt>root-deviceE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies the device that should be mounted as root.  It may be "
"specified as a global option.  If the special name B<current> is used, the "
"root device is set to the device on which the root file system is currently "
"mounted. If the root has been changed with -r , the respective device is "
"used. If the variable `root' is omitted, the root device setting contained "
"in the running kernel image is used.  Warning: This can induce to an "
"unbootable system!"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The root filesystem may also be specified by a B<LABEL=> or B<UUID=> "
"directive, as in '/etc/fstab'.  In this case, the argument to I<root=> must "
"be enclosed in quotation marks, to avoid a syntax error on the second equal "
"sign, e.g.:"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"     root=\"LABEL=MyDisk\"\n"
"     root=\"UUID=5472fd8e-9089-4256-bcaa-ceab4f01a439\"\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Note: The command line I<root=> parameter passed to the kernel will be: "
"'root=LABEL=MyDisk'; i.e., without the quotation marks. If the I<root=> "
"parameter is passed from the boot time B<boot:> prompt, no quotes are used.  "
"The quotes are only there to satisfy the requirements of the boot-installer "
"parser, which treats an equal sign as an operator.  The kernel command line "
"parser is very much simpler, and must not see any quotation marks.  Simply "
"stated, only use the quotation marks within I</etc/lilo.conf>."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<vga=>I<E<lt>modeE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when booting.  It "
"may be specified as a global option.  The following values are recognized "
"(case is ignored):"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "B<normal>: select normal 80x25 text mode."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "B<extended> (or B<ext>): select 80x50 text mode."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "B<ask>: stop and ask for user input (at boot time)."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"E<lt>numberE<gt>: use the corresponding text mode (can specify the number in "
"decimal or in hex with the usual '0x' convention).  A list of available "
"modes can be obtained by booting with I<vga=ask> and pressing [Enter]."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"If this variable is omitted, the VGA mode setting contained in the kernel "
"image is used. (And that is set at compile time using the SVGA_MODE variable "
"in the kernel Makefile, and can later be changed with the rdev(8) program.)"
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "ALTERNATE SYSTEM (other=)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Used to load systems other than Linux. The `other = E<lt>deviceE<gt>' "
"specifies the boot sector of an alternate system contained on a device or "
"disk partition; e.g., DOS on, say, `/dev/hda2', or a floppy on `/dev/fd0'.  "
"In the case of booting another system there are these options:"
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<loader=>I<E<lt>chain-loaderE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies the chain loader that should be used.  It may also be "
"specified as a global option.  By default I<chain> is used.  This chain "
"loader passes partition and drive information in the boot sector it loads "
"only to DOS on FAT12 or FAT16, Windows on FAT16 or FAT32. (see also "
"I<table=E<lt>letterE<gt>> below)."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<table=>I<E<lt>deviceE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This specifies the device that contains the partition table.  The boot "
"loader will pass default partition information to the booted operating "
"system if this variable is omitted. (Some operating systems have other means "
"to determine from which partition they have been booted.  E.g., MS-DOS "
"usually stores the geometry of the boot disk or partition in its boot "
"sector.)  Note that /sbin/lilo must be re-run if a partition table mapped "
"referenced with `table' is modified."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<change>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This keyword starts a section which describes how primary partition IDs are "
"changed, and how primary partitions are activated and deactivated.  If "
"B<change> is omitted, change rules are generated as though the I<automatic> "
"keyword were specified. The keyword B<change> alone, without any rules "
"following, will suppress automatic change-rules.  For example,"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"   other=/dev/hda2\n"
"      label=dos\n"
"      table=/dev/hda\n"
"      change\n"
"        automatic\n"
"        partition=/dev/hda1\n"
"           set=DOS12_hidden\n"
"           deactivate\n"
"        partition=/dev/hda2\n"
"           set=DOS16_big_normal\n"
"           activate\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"specifies that when primary partition /dev/hda2 is booted, automatic change-"
"rules will be in effect; plus, partition 1, a DOS12 partition, will be set "
"hidden, and deactivated.  In addition, partition 2, will be set normal, and "
"activated.  Activation sets the boot-flag in the partition table.  The "
"I<automatic> keyword may conflict with default change rules, so the I<set=> "
"lines above may be redundant."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<boot-as=>I<E<lt>biosE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option (LILO version 22.5.1) indicates the BIOS device code which must "
"be assigned to the specified drive in order for the \"other=\" operating "
"system to boot.  If the chain loader detects that another BIOS device code "
"is assigned to this disk, then it will dynamically swap the assigned device "
"code with the specified device code."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option is easier to specify than \"map-drive=\" and more general than "
"\"master-boot\" in that any device code may be specified.  Unlike \"map-"
"drive=\", the determination whether to swap device codes is made at boot "
"time, not install time.  This is advantageous on systems where the BIOS "
"presents a boot menu of devices, and will map disks to devices in different "
"ways, depending upon the BIOS boot selection."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option may be specified as a global option, in which case it applies to "
"all \"other=\" sections unless overridden with a specific \"master-boot\" "
"option.  If one of \"boot-as=\" or \"master-boot\" is specified as a global "
"option, it is better to specify \"master-boot\" as the global option, as it "
"will not interfere with floppy disk BIOS device codes; \"boot-as=\" is then "
"used as a local option to override \"master-boot\" as necessary."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<master-boot>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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 flag is specified, if this drive is not assigned "
"device code 0x80 or 0 by the BIOS, then the chain loader will dynamically "
"swap the device code actually assigned with device code 0x80 or 0 to make "
"this drive appear to be the first hard or floppy drive, \"C:\" or \"A:\"."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This flag is easier to use than \"map-drive=\" (see below), and is "
"preferred, if simple forcing of device code 0x80 is all that is required. It "
"is also more general, in that the necessity to swap BIOS device codes is "
"determined dynamically at boot-time, not at boot install-time, as with \"map-"
"drive=\".  It is slightly more powerful than \"boot-as=\", in that the "
"device code which is assigned, 0 or 0x80, is determined dynamically."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option may be specified as a global option, in which case it applies to "
"all \"other=\" sections unless overridden with a specific \"boot-as=\" "
"option."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<map-drive=>I<E<lt>numE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Maps BIOS calls for the specified drive to the device code specified on the "
"next line as B<to=>E<lt>numE<gt>.  This mapping is useful for booting "
"operating systems, such as DOS, from the second hard drive.  The following, "
"swaps the C: and D: drives,"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid ""
"   map-drive=0x80\n"
"      to=0x81\n"
"   map-drive=0x81\n"
"      to=0x80\n"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"This option is largely rendered obsolete by \"boot-as=\", introduced with "
"LILO version 22.5."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<unsafe>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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 need to put a "
"readable disk into the drive when running the map installer. If the boot "
"sector is on a hard drive, the BIOS device code of the drive will have to be "
"specified explicitly with \"disk=/dev/XXXX bios=0x8X inaccessible\" in the "
"configuration file.  `unsafe' and `table' (explicit or implicit) are "
"mutually incompatible."
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "COMMON DESCRIPTOR OPTIONS (image= & other=)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "In both the B<image=> and B<other=> cases, the following options apply."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<bypass>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<label=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The boot loader uses the main file name (without its path)  of each image "
"specification to identify that image.  A different name can be used by "
"setting the variable `label'."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<alias=>I<E<lt>nameE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "A second name for the same entry can be used by specifying an alias."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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 considered "
"EXPERIMENTAL, for those users working with startup splash screens."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<fallback=>I<E<lt>command-lineE<gt>>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Specifies a string that is stored as the default 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 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 I<-R> option, which should be a part of the "
"boot startup scripts."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "(See above.)"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"Protect the `image=' or `other=' with a password (or passphrase).  It may be "
"specified as a global option.  The interpretation of the `password=' setting "
"is modified by the words `mandatory', `restricted', and `bypass' (see below)."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"The password may be specified in the config-file (less secure) or entered at "
"the time the boot loader is installed. To request interactive entry of the "
"password, it should be specified: B<password=\"\">.  Passwords entered "
"interactively are not required to be entered again if the boot installer is "
"re-run. They are cached, in hashed form, in a companion file to the config-"
"file, default name: B</etc/lilo.conf.crc>. If the config-file is updated, a "
"warning message will be issued telling you to re-run I<lilo -p> to force re-"
"creation of the password cache file."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<nokbdisable>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"(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.  With no keyboard (and no serial terminal) attached, "
"selecting a boot descriptor other than the default is impossible.  See "
"I<nokbdefault> above."
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<vmwarn>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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."
msgstr ""

#. type: TP
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "B<vmdisable>"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid ""
"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> above."
msgstr ""

#. type: SH
#: mageia-cauldron
#, no-wrap
msgid "SEE ALSO"
msgstr ""

#. type: Plain text
#: mageia-cauldron
msgid "lilo(8), mkinitrd(8), mknod(1), mkrescue(8), rdev(8)."
msgstr ""