Bug#271699: kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686: update does not run lilo

[Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@normalesup.org>]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Horms wrote:

> > was to reboot immediatly. I think it might be a good idea to at least add
> > a clear warning that people still using lilo should run lilo before
> > rebooting, because the upgrade leaves the machine in an unbootable state
> > for them.
>
> That sounds very reasonable to me. Would you like to redraft the message?

Sadly enough, my native language is not english, so I am not sure this is
a good idea. But anyway, it just needs an added line like:
"** WARNING: if your bootloader is lilo, don't forget to run 'lilo' once
the installation is complete, otherwise you may not be able to reboot"
(that is for an upgrade or a removal. For a new installation, it should be
"otherwise you will still be booting your old kernel")

I don't know if there is a way to detect whether lilo is the bootloader
(never looked into it), but in this case a dialog/readline interface might
ask the question whether you want to run lilo now, with the same warning.

Thank you for taking my suggestion into account,

-- 
Marc Glisse