Re: RFC: What should be done about kernel-image's bootloader questions
On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 04:23:15PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 02:14:51AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the pointer. AFAICS it's for the user who installs a kernel-image
> > package though; is there a way to influence this with kernel-package or in my
> > source package that I'm not seeing?
>
> you can install a /etc/kernel-img.conf file to begin with, but if your
> talking about the kernel-image package itself then no.
>
> manoj's answer to these situtations is the user, or the package owning
> the bootloader should install an appropriate /etc/kernel-img.conf.
>
> > That wouldn't be a problem, but it asks the exact same questions as it would
> > on an i386 box. I wasn't keen to find out what happens when it tries to run
> > lilo so I said no to all of them...
>
> i don't see how this is possible, i removed lilo from my x86 boxes
> awhile ago when i installed grub, as soon as i did all the boot floppy
> and lilo questions in kernel-image installation went away. they
huh how did you do that ? did you remove the lilo package ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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