Re: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:04:19 -0400 (EDT), Peter E wrote:
> 
> As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed 
> in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU 
> here.  That's necessary for now.
> 
> But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries 
> to run update-grub which is not there.  I should be able 
> to comment out the update-grub; and the assumption that 
> grub is present should warrant a bug report.
> 
> Any advice or comments?

Hello again, Peter.  This is not a bug.  The maintainer script for the
new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is
being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf.  This file is
classified as a "configuration file", and therefore user modifications
to it are preserved.  The Debian installer put lines in that file for
grub during installation.  See another recent thread for another report
of the same roblem:

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/03/msg02547.html

Follow the "Thread Next" link for the solution.

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