Hi, After some discussion about lilo on #debian-devel in IRC, it has pretty much been determined that kernel sizes have crossed the line past where lilo can reliably determine the payload size. This bug *can* be fixed, but not without a significant rewrite of the way that lilo's stage2 loader code works. Given that there is no active upstream and that the Debian lilo package carries many patches for bug fixes that are alleviated by standardizing on grub2, this seems like the best option for Debian. This means that users should *test grub2 extensively* before Squeeze is released so that any issues can be resolved now. As for removal, the following things need to be done: (1) The release notes need to be updated to reflect that lilo is no longer a bootloader option; (2) The debian-installer team needs to remove the lilo-installer udeb; (3) The ftpmasters need to remove lilo from unstable (which will be done using the appropriate bug filing once the above steps are made); (4) Users need to test grub2 now. William
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