Chapter 8 . Understanding the Boot Process 299 Table 8-2 Global lilo.conf Entries Entry Function backup= Copies the original boot sector to the specified backup file. boot= Specifies the name of the disk device or partition that the new boot record is written to. If this entry is omitted, the new boot sector will be written to the current root partition. change-rules Specifies boot-time changes to the partition type numbers. See the lilo.conf man page for more information. compact Causes LILO to try to merge read requests for adjacent disk sectors into a single request. This can greatly speed up booting from a floppy disk. default= Defines the default boot image to use. If this is omitted, the first boot entry listed will be used as the default. delay= Causes LILO to wait the specified number of tenths of seconds before booting the default image. disk= Lets you specify nonstandard parameters for the specified disk. disktab= Specifies the location of the disk parameter file. This file was once used to hold disk geometry information. The use of disk tabs is now discouraged. fix-table Lets LILO adjust the sector/head/cylinder relationship to the linear addresses on the disk drive. This is sometimes used with other operating systems that do not convert the information the same way as LILO. force-backup= Has the same function as the backup entry, but overwrites an existing file if it exists. ignore-table Instructs LILO to ignore corrupt partition table information. install= Tells LILO which boot loader to install, either the text mode or the menu mode. lba32 Generates 32-bit logical block addresses instead of sector/head/cylinder addresses. This allows booting from disks with more than 1024 cylinders. Continued
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