On 6/18/23 22:05, Oskari Pirhonen wrote:
On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 13:11:29 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:Hello Alejandro, On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:On 3/11/23 18:13, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:Without further ado, the following was found: Issue: This is true only on x86 and Lilo is probably not much used anymore; also systemd has its own (?) bootloaderLilo has just been removed from Debian, so to my knowledge only Mageia ships it.FWIW, Gentoo still has LILO in the repos. This doesn't change the fact that it probably does not see much use anymore. Definitely not enough to warrant being mentioned as "is often". Maybe a historical note, if anything. - Oskari
Hi! Thanks for that. I've fixed it with this patch. Cheers, Alex --- From d5e4e25e5c1a251dd503f11c516bf3d081eef080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 17:34:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] boot.7: LILO is not often used anymore On 6/18/23 22:05, Oskari Pirhonen wrote: > On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 13:11:29 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: >> Hello Alejandro, >> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: >>> On 3/11/23 18:13, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: >>>> Without further ado, the following was found: >>>> >>>> Issue: This is true only on x86 and Lilo is probably not much >>>> used anymore; also systemd has its own (?) bootloader >> >> Lilo has just been removed from Debian, so to my knowledge only >> Mageia ships it. >> > > FWIW, Gentoo still has LILO in the repos. This doesn't change the > fact that it probably does not see much use anymore. Definitely not > enough to warrant being mentioned as "is often". Maybe a historical > note, if anything. Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Oskari Pirhonen <xxc3ncoredxx@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mario Blaettermann <mario.blaettermann@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man7/boot.7 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7 index dab4a1aac..b57f5a1bb 100644 --- a/man7/boot.7 +++ b/man7/boot.7@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ a primary OS loader and a secondary OS loader; this secondary
OS loader may be located within a larger portion of persistent storage, such as a disk partition. .PP -In Linux, the OS loader is often either -.BR lilo (8) -or -.BR grub (8). +In Linux, the OS loader is often +.BR grub (8) +(an alternative is +.BR lilo (8)). .SS Kernel When the kernel is loaded, it initializes various components of the computer and operating system; each portion of software -- 2.40.1 -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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