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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:04:14 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: John Coffman <johninsd@san.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove  lilo-loads-only-five-sectors-of-zImage-fixup
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John Coffman wrote:
> Alexander,
> 
> You are referring to versions of LILO more than 8 years old.  Since 
> version 21, when I took over maintenance from Werner, LILO has been 
> sensitive to the boot protocol in use.  Peter has been kind enough to 
> point out upgrades to the 2.00+ protocols when they have been introduced.
> 
> All versions of LILO since version 21 should be able to correctly handle 
> both zImage and bzImage kernels, old and new.  The command:  "lilo -V 
> -v" should indicate the version of LILO you are using, and may indicate 
> a release date.
> 

We're talking old enough that it didn't support either bzImage or initrd.

	-hpa

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