Re: Is Grub going to be official Sarge boot loader?

[Richard Hoskins <detach@adelphia.net>]

Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es> writes:

> What I want to know is when dpkg/apt will support grub.  I roll my
> own kernels, and (naturally) use dpkg to install them.  I like how
> dpkg automatically updates the symlinks and runs lilo.  One of the
> reasons I have resisted installing grub is the lack of automated
> support.  Does anyone know for sure?

With grub there are no symlinks to update and such. The menu file has
to be updated, but that is done with update-grub, so there is not a
lot left to automate.  Just run update-grub after installing your new
kernel, and you should be all right.  (Check the menu file before
rebooting, of course.)

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