Bug#38403: boot-floppies: would like to have an "i _really_ mean it" option while installing lilo to logical drive

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

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.

Regards,

	Joey

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