Bug#361270: Upgrade of initramfs-tools made kernel unbootable with lilo
On Friday 07 April 2006 21:44, maximilian attems wrote:
> kernel-package wants to drop ability to run lilo on the postinstall.
> grub is the _default_.
>
> update-initramfs can easily check for an lilo.conf and warn in those cases.
A warning (preferably in the form of a prompt which must be acknowledged)
would be fine as far as I'm concerned. I've never been entirely happy about
kernel-package offering to replace the MBR or run lilo directly, since my MBR
is not written by either lilo or grub.
Regards,
David.
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