Bug#250626: installation report

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

reassign 250626 grub-installer
retitle 250626 don't overwrite existing menu.lst
severity 250626 wishlist
thanks

* Antonio Ingargiola <debian@fastwebnet.it> [2004-05-24 09:25]:
> I've installed Sarge on a machine with allready Sid, with a boot partition with lots of kernels.
> Installing grub result in deletion (without backup) of the old menu.lst. The section for the 
> Sarge's kernel in menu.lst was right but, the sections for all the other kernel were pointing 
> to the Sarge root partition and not the Sid (they are the old kernel for Sid).
> 
> Maybe the easiest solution is to backup menu.lst if there is an older one, and give 
> a message to the user. 
> Would be nice if I could add through the installer a new section for the choosen kernel in 
> to menu.lst, without re-installing grub (this is the strength of grub).

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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com