Bug#191594: marked as done (lilo-installer should offer to make the partition it installs to active)
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Subject: lilo-installer should offer to make the partition it installs to active
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Package: lilo-installer
Version: 0.0.11; reported 2003-05-01
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
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When lilo-installer is asked to install lilo into a partition, as
opposed to the master boot record (MBR) of the disc, it should offer to
make that partition active -- so that when the installer reboots, the
system loads the copy of lilo that was installed.
The following (untested) patch fixes this. I don't know much about
debconf, so feel free to modify this as needed.
Thanks,
Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe
- --- debian/lilo-installer.postinst.orig 2003-02-22 11:54:18.000000000 -0500
+++ debian/lilo-installer.postinst 2003-05-01 20:59:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ fi
bootdev=`mapdevfs $bootdev`
rootfs=`mapdevfs $rootfs`
+# If installing to a partition (not MBR), offer to make it active
+if echo "${bootdev}" | grep -q '[0-9]$'; then
+ echo "You have selected to install to a partition instead of the MBR."
+ read "Would you like to set this partition to active? [N/y] " choice
+ if echo ${choice} | grep -q -i '^y'; then
+ pnum=$(echo ${bootdev} | sed 's/^.*\([0-9]\+\)$/\1/')
+ disc=$(echo ${bootdev} | sed 's/part[0-9]\+$/disc/')
+ echo -n "Setting partition to active..."
+ sfdisk -A${pnum} ${disc}
+ echo "done."
+ fi
+fi
+
# serial support
if grep -q console=ttyS /proc/cmdline; then
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From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org>
To: 191594-close@bugs.debian.org
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Subject: Bug#191594: fixed in lilo-installer 0.0.14
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lilo-installer, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
lilo-installer_0.0.14.dsc
to pool/main/l/lilo-installer/lilo-installer_0.0.14.dsc
lilo-installer_0.0.14.tar.gz
to pool/main/l/lilo-installer/lilo-installer_0.0.14.tar.gz
lilo-installer_0.0.14_i386.udeb
to pool/main/l/lilo-installer/lilo-installer_0.0.14_i386.udeb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 191594@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org> (supplier of updated lilo-installer package)
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 13:28:03 +0200
Source: lilo-installer
Binary: lilo-installer
Architecture: source i386
Version: 0.0.14
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@debian.org>
Description:
lilo-installer - Install LILO on a hard disk (udeb)
Closes: 191594
Changes:
lilo-installer (0.0.14) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Thorsten Sauter
- Include German translation (de.po)
* Pierre Machard
- Update French translation (fr.po)
* Petter Reinholdtsen
- Offer to make install partition active if it isn't already.
Depend on fdisk-udeb to make sure sfdisk (used to set the active
flag) is available.
Based on patch from Joe Nahmias. (Closes: #191594)
Files:
2f8b04f50a5b5a64386ab1053eb05e0d 680 debian-installer standard lilo-installer_0.0.14.dsc
253909e0b90b8bf64dbafeefa8d1f63b 9560 debian-installer standard lilo-installer_0.0.14.tar.gz
dae0fa40879fd7c23f2d81b1fe439aa1 3720 debian-installer standard lilo-installer_0.0.14_i386.udeb
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