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Bug#116413: Alpha: Wrong partition No. for aboot



Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore-devel.com> writes:

> Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> 
> > Ok, I can fix this, the SILO part already has equivalent code to
> > handle this that I can steal. But I don't see any point in having
> > a separate /boot partition. Why do you think a special partition
> > would be useful?
> 
> Well, it's best to be flexible.  People seem to have ways they like
> to do things.  We might not always personally agree, but...
> 
> We should either support aboot with a separate /boot partition, or
> else throw up a big warning when someone tries to mount a partition
> as /boot ...

Ok, I'll then try adding support for it. /boot shouldn't appear in the
mount point selector for Alpha though, I think.

        Falk





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