liloconffig could leave any 'other' block alone if there is already a lilo.conf. It should also be able to find if a FAT16/32 boot partition/record (dd then grep?) exists and prompt to add it to the config.
John F. Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Enrique Zanardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, liloconfig step on dbootstrap is one of the "rough spots". > > If someone has a little time to spare improving it, feel free to join us > > in debian-boot and help us make it better. > > Should we work maybe on just using/adapting/extending the existing > /usr/sbin/liloconfig script? If not, why not? > > FYI, there are many lilo bugs in boot-floppies, search for lilo. This > is a pretty good log of the missing functionality. It seems to me > that /usr/sbin/liloconfig just needs to be hacked to ask for an > optional 'append' string, and maybe adapted for our needs (i.e., > alternative mount point, i.e., /target, for installling lilo prior to > booting into the new base system, and we're done. > > -- > .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
