Joey Hess wrote: > AndrÃs RoldÃn wrote: >> If you look into the lilo.config file on debian directory of the lilo >> source, you will notice that this warning is being displayed because >> there is a file called /boot/boot.b being either a symbolic link or a >> normal file. Those files were used by lilo prior to 22.3.3 versions and >> you _really_ need to rerun lilo if you are upgrading from such lower >> versions. This is the case when upgrading from woody to sarge. That's why >> this debconf note is there. >> >> The question is, why are those files there when installing a new system? >> Newer versions of lilo don't create that file. If lilo-installer is >> creating it, I'd really want to know why. > > Could it have anything to do with the lilo.conf file having > install=/boot/boot.b in it? Probably. It shouldn't; it shouldn't really have any "install=" line at all by default, for a current version -- or "install=menu", which is much like the default -- or "install=bmp", which is correct if there's a "bitmap=" option in the file.
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