Bug#38403: boot-floppies: would like to have an "i _really_ mean it" option while installing lilo to logical drive
Marc Haber wrote:
> >> 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 ;-)
That's dinstall. (I doubt that you've seen dbootstrap.) However it's
likely that the installation routine will use the liloconfig from
the lilo packge if it provides proper functionality.
Regards,
Joey
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