Re: Bug#109833: postinst could offer to run lilo
>>"Yann" == Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org> writes:
Yann> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:12:49AM +0200, chr.ohm@gmx.net wrote:
>> when installing memtest86, the postinst could grep /etc/lilo.conf
>> for /boot/memtest86.bin and, if found, offer to run lilo. just an
>> idea.
Yann> Right. Probably other booloaders could be handled as well.
Yann> Such a mechanism is already implemented by kernel-package, I
Yann> don't know how easy it could be reused. Maybe this could be
Yann> turned into a somewhat generic API to bootloaders.
Yann> How do others feel ?
Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> has already started work on
something like this for kernel package. I am going to quote (I hope
colin does not mind me disseminating this to a wider audience of
intrested parties)
Colin> Just thought I'd let you know that work is progressing on
Colin> kernel-package2. I have separated out almost all the
Colin> loader-specific logic into separate .pm modules, and
Colin> kernel-package can at least make a kernel package. Installing
Colin> it is another matter :)
Colin> If you're curious, very preliminary packages can be found at:
Colin> URL:http://monk.verbum.org/~walters/debian/experimental>
Colin> The source is also browsable online at:
Colin> URL:http://web.verbum.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/debian/>
Colin> I'll let you know once I have something at the point where it
Colin> can really be critiqued; the current state is still fairly
Colin> experimental.
manoj
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