Package: lilo Version: 1:22.8-6.4 Severity: normal When the new debconf prompt is given concerning automatically adding large-memory option, it tells the user that the related BIOS problems is in "older systems (earlier than 2001)".
This ssems to be incorrect. My AWARD BIOS on this AMD XP3200+ system is dated 12/31/2003 so I answered "y" to the large-memory question, and my system became unbootable as a result, going into a continuous reboot loop immediately after loading the kernel and initrd. The debconf question should perhaps be updated to give a less misleading impression as to the safety of allowing the package to make this change. Perhaps someone else has more accurate data on the BIOS limitation in question but from my experience it is not necessarily safe for BIOSES earlier than 2004. I'm also concerned about the implications of this change on first installation because according to debconf the default, if the question is not shown, is always "true". I am looking into using Debian on some small single-board systems at work which have BIOses from around 2003 or older. Perhaps liloconfig and update-lilo should force the answer to "false" unless the installation is being done on a very modern CPU type where you can be sure the BIOS is recent enough. Nick -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (850, 'testing'), (600, 'stable'), (3, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages lilo depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.27-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii mbr 1.1.10-1 Master Boot Record for IBM-PC comp lilo recommends no packages. Versions of packages lilo suggests: pn lilo-doc <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: liloconfig/fstab_broken: liloconfig/banner: liloconfig/use_lba32: true liloconfig/configuring_base: * lilo/runme: true liloconfig/wipe_old_liloconf: false liloconfig/activate_error: lilo/new-config: liloconfig/maintitle: liloconfig/mbr_error: liloconfig/lilo_warning: liloconfig/no_changes: * lilo/add_large_memory: true liloconfig/liloconf_incompatible: lilo/bad_bitmap: lilo/upgrade: liloconfig/liloconf_exists: liloconfig/use_current_lilo: true liloconfig/instruction: liloconfig/select_bitmap: /boot/coffee.bmp liloconfig/lilo_error: liloconfig/odd_fstab: liloconfig/install_from_root_device: true liloconfig/make_active_partition: true liloconfig/install_mbr: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
