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



On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:41:33AM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
   > 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.)
   > 
If the menu entry points to /vmlinuz, you do not have to check anything.
Everytime a kernel image is installed via dpkg, /vmlinuz is linked to
the latest kernel image in /boot. So, with grub one does not have to do
anything.

Regards,

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