Bug#38403: boot-floppies: would like to have an "i _really_ mean it" option while installing lilo to logical drive
On Sat, 29 May 1999 22:04:15 +0200, you wrote:
>Marc.Haber@gmx.de wrote:
>> Package: boot-floppies
>> Version: N/A
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> dbootstrap denies installing lilo into a logical drive
>> and insists on installing it into the extended partition instead. The
>> reason is that the standard MBR bootstrap code can't load lilo from a
>> logical drive. Some boot managers (most notably my favorite, xfdisk)
>> can indeed boot from a logical drive. So I have to manually edit
>> /target/etc/lilo.conf and re-invoke lilo to correct dbootstrap's assumption.
>>
>> I strongly feel that dbootstrap has a point in reminding me that I won't
>> be able to boot my system using standard mechanisms, but shouldn't
>> deny me my wish. There should be an "I mean it, really" option with
>> dbootstrap.
>
>The lilo maintainer is working on an improved liloconfig script so
>you might want to reassign this bug to him or drop him a line.
I don't have any idea about which program actually makes the
assumption. However, the message appears in a "window" so I feel that
dbootstrap is actually displaying it. That bug belongs to whoever has
written that error message ;-)
Greetings
Marc
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