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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.98.3
Severity: normal
I just got this:
WARNING: grub and lilo installed.
Please deinstall unused bootloader.
There is nothing wrong with having both grub and lilo installed, and I
happily use both. Please do not enforce the "you can only install packages
while you actively use them" rule, that road down lies insanity ("please
don't install xfsprogs and reiserfsprogs at the same time" etc.).
If the problem is that it cannot decide which bootloader to run, maybe the
message could be reworded to that effect instead of asking me to uninstall
programs I depend on.
-- Package-specific info:
-- initramfs sizes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.8M Sep 27 12:00 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
-rw------- 1 root root 8.1M Sep 13 17:00 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 11M Sep 27 12:03 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
-rw------- 1 root root 9.0M Sep 13 09:52 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64.bak
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=debian ro root=/dev/vg_cerebro/root rootfstype=ext4 rootdelay=5 relatime ide_core.trim=1
-- /proc/filesystems
reiserfs
ext3
xfs
vfat
ext4
fuseblk
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
fuse 49998 1
binfmt_misc 6399 1
ppdev 5030 0
parport_pc 18855 0
lp 7462 0
parport 27954 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
loop 53446 6
nvidia 10670090 28
rfcomm 29533 0
l2cap 24736 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 41763 4 rfcomm,l2cap
rfkill 12964 1 bluetooth
firewire_net 10889 0
nfsd 253286 3
nfs 240218 0
lockd 57475 2 nfsd,nfs
fscache 29594 1 nfs
nfs_acl 2031 2 nfsd,nfs
auth_rpcgss 33396 2 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 160837 6 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
coretemp 4325 0
hwmon_vid 1828 0
eeprom 3337 0
autofs4 20693 1
ac 2192 0
video 17445 0
output 1692 1 video
battery 4998 0
nls_utf8 1208 1
nls_cp437 5817 1
joydev 8411 0
ac97_bus 1086 0
snd_util_mem 2064 0
wacom 17784 0
emu10k1_gp 1734 0
processor 30239 0
asus_atk0110 7686 0
soundcore 4598 0
gameport 7384 2 emu10k1_gp
button 4650 0
i2c_i801 7830 0
evdev 7352 4
snd_page_alloc 6169 0
i2c_core 15680 3 nvidia,eeprom,i2c_i801
x38_edac 2739 0
edac_core 29261 2 x38_edac
pcspkr 1699 0
ext4 288969 2
jbd2 67015 1 ext4
crc16 1319 2 l2cap,ext4
dm_mirror 10923 0
dm_region_hash 6680 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 7381 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_snapshot 18481 0
dm_mod 53770 31 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_snapshot
fan 3346 0
vfat 7884 1
fat 40038 1 vfat
xfs 436813 4
exportfs 3170 2 nfsd,xfs
ext3 106518 0
mbcache 5050 2 ext4,ext3
jbd 37085 1 ext3
reiserfs 194156 0
ide_generic 1121 0 [permanent]
ide_core 71722 1 ide_generic
usb_storage 39561 1
sd_mod 29777 10
crc_t10dif 1276 1 sd_mod
usbhid 33276 0
hid 62857 1 usbhid
pata_jmicron 2280 0
ata_piix 21124 3
ata_generic 2983 0
firewire_ohci 19468 0
firewire_core 36800 2 firewire_net,firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1307 1 firewire_core
ehci_hcd 31135 0
thermal 11674 0
thermal_sys 11942 4 video,processor,fan,thermal
uhci_hcd 18521 0
3w_9xxx 28684 2
floppy 49087 0
libata 133584 3 pata_jmicron,ata_piix,ata_generic
sky2 39278 0
scsi_mod 122117 4 usb_storage,sd_mod,3w_9xxx,libata
usbcore 121938 6 wacom,usb_storage,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
nls_base 6377 5 nls_utf8,nls_cp437,vfat,fat,usbcore
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel Image management overrides
# See kernel-img.cnf(5) for details
do_symlinks = No
do_initrd = Yes
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
BOOT=local
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no
-- /etc/crypttab
# <target name> <source device> <key file> <options>
-- mkinitramfs hooks
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/:
e2fsck
no3ware
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks:
busybox
cryptgnupg
cryptopenct
cryptopensc
cryptpassdev
cryptroot
dmsetup
keymap
klibc
loopaes
lvm2
thermal
udev
uswsusp
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.11-4 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.2-1 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.20-1 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.12-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 160-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.17.1-4 Tiny utilities for small and embed
Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
pn bash-completion <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:11:08PM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.98.3
> Severity: normal
>
>
> I just got this:
>
> WARNING: grub and lilo installed.
> Please deinstall unused bootloader.
>
> There is nothing wrong with having both grub and lilo installed, and I
> happily use both. Please do not enforce the "you can only install packages
> while you actively use them" rule, that road down lies insanity ("please
> don't install xfsprogs and reiserfsprogs at the same time" etc.).
>
> If the problem is that it cannot decide which bootloader to run, maybe the
> message could be reworded to that effect instead of asking me to uninstall
> programs I depend on.
your comparison does not hold.
xfsprogs or "reiswolffs" are not directly needed for boot.
The warning aboves tell you that your box might be unbootable after
the upgrade as lilo might not be run after the new initramfs.
if you are interested to push double bootloader usage, discuss that
on debian-kernel concerning the new boot loader policy and present
valid use cases.
closing as not a bug, just a warning for non standard usage.
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