Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha (fwd)
Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 11:08:54AM +0200, Uwe Schindler wrote:
>
> > And how will we boot 2.6.23 then???
>
> How should I know? I asked for testing in
> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2007/08/msg00018.html>, and apparently
> nobody who's concerned about 2.6.23 yet has seen fit to do so.
Huh??? I sent you the build logs: never got an ACK. Successfully
installed the resulting binary ".deb" files ("aboot-base" and "aboot").
I'll actually try booting 2.6.23-rcX this evening with the new "bootlx".
> > The second question is: when we update aboot, how does the boot sectors on
> > discs are rewritten on installation?
Current answer: you do it manually. I guess the question is, is it safe
to assume that "/sbin/swriteboot -v -f1 /dev/sda /boot/bootlx" is always
the correct thing to do? I think the "-f1" is safe, whether needed or
not. Might want to sanity-check the device name for the first hard disk,
and prompt the user "Update boot sectors on /dev/??? (Y/n)? " Beyond
that, I don't know what hard disk boot scenarios make sense across the
entire Alpha product line.
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