NAME

       liloconfig - create new lilo.conf file (with diskid and uuid)

SYNOPSIS

       liloconfig [-h] [-v] [-f] [lilo.conf]

DESCRIPTION

       liloconfig is an simple program for creating a new lilo.conf file.  After creating the new
       configuration file you must execute '/sbin/lilo'.

       liloconfig use the lilo.example.conf file as template. In the final lilo.conf file you
       find many useful comments for custom changes.

OPTIONS

       -h  Print a brief help.

       -v  Print verbose messages.

       -f  Force overriding existing lilo.conf.

EXAMPLES

       Lines in the configuration file /etc/lilo.conf:

         ### LILO global section ###

         #large-memory
         lba32
         boot = /dev/sda
         map = /boot/map
         install = menu
         menu-scheme = Wb:Yr:Wb:Wb
         prompt
         timeout = 100
         vga = normal
         #default = Linux

         ### LILO per-image section ###

         #boot = /dev/sda
         boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999

         image = /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-trunk-686
             label = "Linux"
             #root = /dev/sda1
             root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
             read-only
         #   restricted
         #   alias = 1
         #   optional
             initrd = /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-trunk-686

         image = /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686
             label = "Linux Old"
             #root = /dev/sda1
             root = "UUID=18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
             read-only
         #   restricted
         #   alias = 2
         #   optional
             initrd = /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-686

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Joachim Wiedorn

       This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

AUTHOR

       lilconfig was written by Joachim Wiedorn.

       This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de>.

SEE ALSO

       lilo(8), update-lilo(8), lilo-uuid-diskid(8)