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diff --git a/source/a/lilo/liloconfig b/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
index d8bc02dd..75e3b0eb 100644
--- a/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
+++ b/source/a/lilo/liloconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
#
# Copyright 1994, 1998, 1999 Patrick Volkerding, Moorhead, Minnesota USA
# Copyright 2002, 2003 Slackware Linux, Inc, Concord, CA
-# Copyright 2007, 2008, 2011 Patrick Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
+# Copyright 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013 Patrick Volkerding, Sebeka, Minnesota, USA
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ TMP=/var/log/setup/tmp
CONSOLETYPE=standard
unset UTFVT
+# Most of the time LILO is not used on UEFI machines (in fact, it is useless
+# unless the machine is running in legacy BIOS mode). So, we'll detect if
+# this is a machine running UEFI and suggest skipping LILO installation.
+# We'll still allow it if the user wants it, though. It won't hurt anything,
+# and might be useful for booting in Legacy BIOS mode later.
+if [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then
+ dialog --title "UEFI FIRMWARE DETECTED" \
+--backtitle "LILO (Linux Loader) installation" \
+--menu \
+"Since LILO (the traditional Linux Loader) does not work with machines \
+running UEFI firmware (except in Legacy BIOS mode), you probably do not \
+need to install it. Instead, you'll need ELILO, which is a version of \
+LILO designed to work with EFI/UEFI systems." \
+12 70 2 \
+"skip" "Skip installing LILO and proceed to ELILO installation" \
+"install" "Install LILO anyway" 2> $TMP/reply
+ if [ $? = 1 -o $? = 255 ]; then
+ exit
+ fi
+ REPLY="`cat $TMP/reply`"
+ rm -f $TMP/reply
+ if [ "$REPLY" = "skip" ]; then
+ exit
+ fi
+fi
+
# Set the OS root directory (called T_PX for some unknown reason).
# If an argument is given to this script and it is a directory, it
# is taken to be the root directory. First though, we check for a
@@ -52,6 +78,15 @@ if [ ! -d "$T_PX" ]; then
fi
fi
+# If os-prober is availible, we will use it to filter out unbootable
+# FAT/NTFS partitions. If it is not availble, we'll use /bin/true
+# instead to avoid filtering.
+if which os-prober > /dev/null ; then
+ OSPROBER=os-prober
+else
+ OSPROBER=true
+fi
+
# Determine LILO documentation directory:
LILODOCDIR="$(ls -d $T_PX/usr/doc/lilo-* 2> /dev/null | tail -n 1)"
if [ ! -d "$LILODOCDIR" ]; then
@@ -294,6 +329,7 @@ EOF
cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
boot = $ROOT_DEVICE
#delay = 5
+#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
EOF
if [ $CONSOLETYPE = standard ]; then
cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
@@ -396,6 +432,8 @@ EOF
cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
boot = $LILO_TARGET
+#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
+
# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
@@ -474,13 +512,18 @@ cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
# End LILO global section
EOF
# OK, now let's look for Windows partitions:
- DOSP="`PROBE -l | grep "DOS
+ # If we have os-prober, use the Windows partition list from that:
+ if which os-prober > /dev/null ; then
+ DOSP="$(os-prober 2> /dev/null | grep Windows | cut -f 1 -d :)"
+ else # use PROBE output:
+ DOSP="$(PROBE -l | grep "DOS
Win
W95
FAT12
FAT16
-HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort`"
- DOSP="`echo $DOSP | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
+HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort )"
+ DOSP="`echo $DOSP | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
+ fi
if [ ! "$DOSP" = "" ]; then
TABLE="`echo $DOSP | cut -b1-8`"
cat << EOF >> $T_PX/etc/lilo.conf
@@ -896,7 +939,9 @@ default." 13 74 4 \
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = $LILO_TARGET
+
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
+
EOF
# Boot splash
if [ "$PROMPT" = "prompt" ]; then
@@ -1096,7 +1141,7 @@ Win
W95
FAT12
FAT16
-HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort >> $TMP/tmpmsg
+HPFS" | grep -v "Ext'd" | grep -v "Extend" | sort | grep "$($OSPROBER 2> /dev/null | grep Windows | cut -f 1 -d :)" >> $TMP/tmpmsg
echo >> $TMP/tmpmsg
echo "Which one would you like LILO to boot?" >> $TMP/tmpmsg
dialog --title "SELECT WINDOWS PARTITION" --no-collapse --inputbox \