On Jul 14, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Holger Levsen wrote:
Hi, On Thursday 13 July 2006 22:54, Rick Thomas wrote:Actually, when you choose "continue without installing bootloader" (or something like that) it clearly tells you what you need to do regarding "root=" and so on. But there's a gotcha...btw, so http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=258545 is fixed by now? and can be closed? (The only issue I see in this bug report is what I put into the bug title "dont install quik if bootX is detected" and I dobelieve this is fixed.)
This bug (258545) can be closed as "wont fix". It's not reasonable (or possible -- I think) to do what I wanted and what your revised bug title asks for. What has been done recently (making d-i install quik instead of yaboot on OldWorld machines, and accommodating BootX users by making "install bootloader" skip-able in "expert" mode) is an acceptable substitute.
Thanks!
The BootX dialog box makes it *appear* that having an initrd is incompatible with setting "root=" on the command line by, when you choose an initrd image, deleting the box where you put your root device designation and replacing it with a box where you chose the size for the the RAM area to load initrd. But *actually* you still can tell it to put a "root=" on the command line manually in the "additional arguments" box without ill effects, even though you have chosen an initrd.Please provide a patch for a better wording.
I don't believe it's reasonable to ask for changes to BootX, but that's where the bug is. The wording in the d-i message is fine the way it is. Sorry if I made it sound that there was something wrong with d-i.
Enjoy! Rick