Bugzilla Bug 171362

Changes from version 22.7.3 to 22.8 (16-Feb-2007) John Coffman

  Boot Installer
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    - Move configuration information (-X) to a separate procedure.  (lilo.c)
    - Fix type decl problem in LVM _IOR/RW macros.  (geometry.c)
    - Add  DEV_DISK_DIR  and edit source to use it.  (config.h, device.c,
            geometry.c)
    - Change handling of 'device-mapper' depending upon DEVMAPPER option.
            (device.c, geometry.c)
    - Modify 'scan_dir' to stay out of hidden directories.  (device.c)
    - Add 'nodevcache' option to configuration file.  (cfg.c, lilo.c)
    - Add sync() before boot sector write to compensate for 2.6 kernel bug
            in partition buffering code.  (bsect.c)
    - Allow 'root="UUID=xyz"' syntax.  (bsect.c)

  Boot Loader
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    - Add compilation switch 'NOVGA' to the Makefile.

Reproducible: Always

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