On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:58:07PM +0100, David Jarvie wrote: > On Friday 07 April 2006 20:30, maximilian attems wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 08:51:12PM +0100, David Jarvie wrote: > > > > if grub is around lilo isn't run. > > if you really want lilo remove grub from your system and > > update-initramfs will call lilo. > > > > ... > > > > i'll document the fact that if you use lilo you shouldn't have grub > > around in README.Debian. > > If both lilo and grub are installed, I can understand not running lilo > automatically, but surely there should at the very least be a warning prompt > about the possible need to run lilo. (And I mean a prompt requiring a > response, so that it can't be overlooked when you're doing a bit upgrade of > the system.) Essentially, if lilo is installed, make sure the upgrader knows > that the system might not boot without further action. > > The same issue has hit me more than once recently - not just with > initramfs-tools upgrades. A mere warning in README.Debian isn't enough given > that it could make a system unbootable.
kernel-package wants to drop ability to run lilo on the postinstall. grub is the _default_. update-initramfs can easily check for an lilo.conf and warn in those cases. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]