Package: lilo Subject: fix for manpage lilo.conf.5 Author: Bjarni Ingi Gislason Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=902711 Forwarded: yes Last-Update: 2018-09-09 Fix the warning: (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected. --- diff -urN s08/man/lilo.conf.5 s09/man/lilo.conf.5 --- s08/man/lilo.conf.5 2016-07-15 22:02:52.000000000 +0200 +++ s09/man/lilo.conf.5 2018-09-09 15:41:31.019967938 +0200 @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ 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 -.BI "lilo -E" +.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. @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ then "none" is assumed. The list entries are separated by commas, with no spaces. .TP -.BI "bmp-retain" +.B bmp-retain Option applies to all 'image=' and 'other=' sections. (See COMMON OPTIONS, below.) .TP @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999 .fi .TP -.BI "change-rules" +.B change-rules Defines boot-time changes to partition type numbers (`hiding'). .IP .nf @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ See section "Partition type change rules" of html/user_21-5.html inside the old documentation for more details. .TP -.BI "compact" +.B compact 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 @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ .sp probably only useful for floppy disks and loopback devices, because for hard disks the -.BI lba32 +.B lba32 disk addressing option ignores disk geometry. .sp Developers who have implemented a disk driver for a new block storage @@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ .I /etc/disktab if `disktab' is omitted. The use of disktabs is discouraged. .TP -.BI "el-torito-bootable-CD" +.B el-torito-bootable-CD Flag second stage loader to terminate disk emulation when booting from an El Torito Bootable CD. This option is used by the \fBmkrescue\fP utility when the "\-\-iso" switch is specified. .TP -.BI "fix-table" +.B fix-table 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 @@ -364,14 +364,14 @@ Operation is identical to \fBbackup=\fP above, except an existing backup file is unconditionally overwritten if it exists. .TP -.BI "geometric" +.B geometric 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. .TP -.BI "ignore-table" +.B ignore-table tells lilo to ignore corrupt partition tables. .TP .BI "install=" @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ (Prior to LILO version 22.3, `install=' specified the user interface as a file in the `/boot' directory.) .TP -.BI "large-memory" +.B large-memory 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 @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ kernel documentation for the kernel command line parameter "mem=" for limiting the memory used by the kernel.) .TP -.BI "lba32" +.B lba32 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 @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ all post-1998 systems. Beginning with LILO version 22, 'lba32' is the default disk addressing scheme. .TP -.BI "linear" +.B linear 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 <= 1023. When using @@ -426,12 +426,12 @@ recent BIOS (post-1998). The 'linear' option is considered obsolete, and its use is strongly discouraged. .TP -.BI "lock" +.B lock 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. .TP -.BI "mandatory" +.B mandatory The per-image password option `mandatory' (see below) applies to all images. .TP .BI "map=" @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ message file is changed or moved. 'message=' and 'bitmap=' are mutually exclusive. .TP -.BI "nodevcache" +.B nodevcache (22.8) Disables pre-loading of the internal device cache. May be needed for Linux distributions which use non-standard device naming conventions; @@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ The keyboard detection codes cannot detect the presence or absence of a newer USB keyboard. .TP -.BI "noraid" +.B noraid Disables the automatic marking of disk volumes which are components of RAID arrays as \fBinaccessible\fP. This allows the user to edit the \fBdisk=\fP / \fBinaccessible\fP declarations into the configuration file himself. Without @@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ confusing situations at boot-time, and possible failure to boot. The use of this keyword is generally not necessary. .TP -.BI "nowarn" +.B nowarn Disables warnings about possible future dangers. .TP -.BI "optional" +.B optional The per-image option `optional' (see below) applies to all images. .TP .BI "password=" @@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ protected at the default level `mandatory', which is a level higher than `restricted'. .TP -.BI "prompt" +.B prompt 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 @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ one way to have it written. Use of \fImbr\fP is the other way to force writing to the MBR of device 0x80. .TP -.BI "restricted" +.B restricted The per-image password option `restricted' (see below) applies to all images. .TP .BI "serial=" @@ -606,13 +606,13 @@ .sp Example: "serial=0,2400n8" initializes COM1 with the default parameters. .TP -.BI "single-key" +.B single-key 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="). .TP -.BI "static-BIOS-codes" +.B static-BIOS-codes 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), @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ In general, this option should never be used, except as a bug workaround. .TP -.BI "suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data" +.B suppress-boot-time-BIOS-data 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'. @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ If no key is pressed for the specified time, the default image is automatically booted. The default timeout is infinite. .TP -.BI "unattended" +.B unattended (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" @@ -765,13 +765,13 @@ 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. .TP -.BI "read-only" +.B read-only 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). .TP -.BI "read-write" +.B read-write This specifies that the root file system should be mounted read-write. It may be specified as a global option. .TP @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ Note that /sbin/lilo must be re-run if a partition table mapped referenced with `table' is modified. .TP -.BI "change" +.B change This keyword starts a section which describes how primary partition IDs are changed, and how primary partitions are activated and deactivated. If .B change @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ interfere with floppy disk BIOS device codes; "boot-as=" is then used as a local option to override "master-boot" as necessary. .TP -.BI "master-boot" +.B master-boot 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 @@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ This option is largely rendered obsolete by "boot-as=", introduced with LILO version 22.5. .TP -.BI "unsafe" +.B unsafe 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 @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ .BR image= " and " other= cases, the following options apply. .TP -.BI "bypass" +.B bypass 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. .TP @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ .BI "alias=" A second name for the same entry can be used by specifying an alias. .TP -.BI "bmp-retain" +.B "bmp-retain 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 @@ -999,19 +999,19 @@ 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 -.BI fallback +.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 -.IR "-R" +.I \-R option, which should be a part of the boot startup scripts. .TP -.BI "lock" +.B lock (See above.) .TP -.BI "optional" +.B optional 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. @@ -1032,11 +1032,11 @@ will be issued telling you to re-run \fIlilo \-p\fP to force re-creation of the password cache file. .TP -.BI "mandatory" +.B mandatory 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. .TP -.BI "nokbdisable" +.B nokbdisable (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. @@ -1046,17 +1046,17 @@ .I nokbdefault above. .TP -.BI "restricted" +.B restricted 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. .TP -.BI "vmwarn" +.B vmwarn 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. .TP -.BI "vmdisable" +.B vmdisable 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