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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove lilo-loads-only-five-sectors-of-zImage-fixup from setup.S
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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