Re: LILO

[Bryan Andersen <bryan@visi.com>]

Danny ter Haar wrote:
> 
> Itai Zukerman  <zukerman@math-hat.com> wrote:
> >lilo needs to be re-run after installing a new kernel, right?  grub
> >doesn't?
> correct, although for automatic reboot of new kernel, new config
> lines need to added...

For LILO I know this can be done with grep, cat, and echo or more 
artistically with sed.

A script that has a few standard parameters could easily be called 
by the new kernel's install.  The script would be provided by the 
boot loader.

I'm thinking parameters like:
    kernel=/boot/k2.4.4
    label=k2.4.4
    make_default

If nothing needs to be done, then the script can be quite simple:
    #!/bin/bash
    exit 0

I did some similar stuff for automating kernel updates at my last job.

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