Re: Removing boot loaders from debootstrap?
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:24:44PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> [2004-04-07 00:04]:
> > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:12:03PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > > debootstrap installs delo (the DECstation boot loader) on all mipsel
> > > systems, even though only DECstations need it. I seem to recall a
> > > discussion about removing all boot loaders from debootstrap since it's
> > > d-i's task to install them. What was the conclusion of this discussion?
> >
> > Whatever d-i needs is basically fine.
>
> Well, I think it's kinda ugly to install delo on a mipsel sub-arch
> which doesn't need it at all because it has its own boot loader. How
> do people from other arch think about this? I intend to request
> removal from delo from debootstrap, but maybe we should do the same
> for other bootloaders.
Yes, please, on my box, Quik wants always to run, and do some strange
stuff to the disk, each time i install a new kernel package.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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