* Colin Watson (cjwat...@debian.org) [110906 10:10]: > On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 08:58:16PM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > > Even when gNewSense has been able to make grub work, not sure if only > > for laptops, or mini-pcs included, on debian this is broken for > > mini-pcs, when trying to load the initrd the machine just goes to > > limbo. So I'd suggest not to depend upon grub to make decisions about > > the kernel or initrd... > > The situation on mini-PCs should be fixed upstream now, I believe, and > at some point I'll get round to dropping a new package into > experimental.
The current trunk grub works on mini-PCs, at least for me (speaking of both 2f and 2e). > Sure, you can do it with PMON or in other ways. In the case of d-i, > though, we'll continue installing and configuring GRUB by default. This > gives us more flexibility and better harmony across architectures. My > experience suggests that the more similarly different architectures are > handled, the better the chance that the less common ones will keep > working. Yes, we really should use grub where it is available. This also allows us to use serial at the mini-PCs. Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110906170116.gm15...@mails.so.argh.org
