Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Version: etch-RC2 Hello, Debian-installer has strange programm code to decide which bootloader should be installed. At least the preseed information looks strange. # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed # instead, uncomment this: #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true Thing I would like to see is #d-i bootloader-installer/select string grub-installer So an extra compoment that asks for which bootloader to install. This will give more flexibility to add other architectures. Rightnow developers have to research and to modify _two_ pieces of code to run d-i on new hardware. ( imaginair example "openwrt-installer") The first thing is the build system of debian-installer, where has the be found at where "grub-installer" should be disabled and where the start "openwrt-installer". The second thing is their actual boot loader. Having a the "bootloader-installer-selector" layer allows to focus on the bootloader-installer for the new architecture. And it makes #d-i bootloader-installer/select string lilo-installer and also #d-i bootloader-installer/select string grub2-installer possible. Cheers Geert Stappers
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