package initramfs-tools severity 380292 serious thanks On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:29:12 +0200 maximilian attems wrote: > On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 06:56:29PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > I upgraded this image and the installation process re-ran lilo. > > This had the unfortunate effect of taking control of the boot back > > from grub, and of making my system unbootable. > yes it seems to be an initramfs-tools trouble. > lilo is only run if there is no /sbin/grub or no /boot/grub/menu.lst > but a /etc/lilo.conf and lilo -t runs successfully Debian policy, section 3.9.1, states the following: > If a package has a vitally important piece of information to pass to > the user (such as "don't run me as I am, you must edit the following > configuration files first or you risk your system emitting > badly-formatted messages"), it should display this in the `config' or > `postinst' script and prompt the user to hit return to acknowledge > the message. Copyright messages do not count as vitally important > (they belong in `/usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright'); neither do > instructions on how to use a program (these should be in on-line > documentation, where all the users can see them). I consider it "vital" to be able to boot the machine. Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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