Sridhar M.A. wrote:
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,
Yup. I just figured that out. GRUB is actually much simpler than I thought. -Roberto
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