link_in_boot (was: Re: Bug#613200: linux-base: lilo.conf not updated to UUIDs for kernels not in /)

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes:

> This has nothing to do with where the kernel images are (they are always
> installed in /boot), but only to do with where the symlinks are created.
> The default is to create them in /, but I recall there is an option (now
> deprecated) to create them in /boot. 

Not related to this bug, but I was wondering: Why deprecate this
feature?

I find it very useful for systems where I keep /boot in a separate
partition.  Having the symlinks in the same partition allow you to
configure boot loaders like extlinux with the generic symlink names.

The links in / are generally not very useful IMHO if /boot and / are
different partitions.


Bjørn