Re: Is Grub going to be official Sarge boot loader?
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:30:15 +0100, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Raiz-mpx wrote:
>> After reading Debian Weekly News for March 16th, it mentions that;
>> "This release features the new partitioner that supports automatic
>> partitioning and LVM and uses [43]grub as boot-loader on i386."
>>
>> So does this means that my favorite boot loader will be the official
>> Debian boot loader instead of Lilo?
>>
>> I know its not really that big of deal, as anyone can apt-get Lilo,
>> but might save users a little bit of headache due to the boot loader
>> issues.
>>
>> Rthoreau
>>
>>
>
> 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?
>
> -Roberto
[bloom@kabloom ~]% cat /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Do not create symbolic links in /
postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
do_bootloader = no
do_symlinks = no
do_initrd = Yes
There. Now dpkg/apt supports grub (and not Lilo).
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