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General per-image options

 

LILO uses the main file name (without its path) of each image specification to identify that image. A different name can be used by setting the variable label (see the example above). A second name for the same entry can be used by specifying the alias= name option.

Images are protected by a password if the variable password is set. If the variable restricted is set in addition to password, a password is only required to boot the respective image if parameters are specified on the command line (e.g. single"). password and restricted can also be set in the options section to be the default password and password protection mode for all images. Because the configuration file contains unencrypted passwords when using password, it should only be readable for the super-user.

If an image section contains the variable optional (or if that variable is set in the options section), the respective image is omitted if its main file is not available at map creation time. This is useful to specify test kernels that are not always present.



Ross Biro
Sat May 20 13:51:22 PDT 1995