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- Lines: 20
- Date:
Wed Apr 11 18:50:25 2001
- Orig file:
v2.4.3/linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
- Orig date:
Thu Jul 27 16:52:08 2000
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.3/linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt linux/Documentation/i386/boot.txt
@@ -146,9 +146,16 @@
filled out, however:
type_of_loader:
- If your boot loader has an identifier assigned in
- arch/i386/boot/setup.S, enter that value. Otherwise, enter
- 0xFF here.
+ If your boot loader has an assigned id (see table below), enter
+ 0xTV here, where T is an identifier for the boot loader and V is
+ a version number. Otherwise, enter 0xFF here.
+
+ Assigned boot loader ids:
+ 0 LILO
+ 1 Loadlin
+ 2 bootsect-loader
+ 3 SYSLINUX
+ 4 EtherBoot
loadflags, heap_end_ptr:
If the protocol version is 2.01 or higher, enter the
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen (who was at: slshen@lbl.gov)