On Wednesday 10 January 2001 06:53, Santiago Garcia Mantinan wrote:
> I have just had a trip to boot up a server after an upgrade to our new lilo
> package, it was my fault to not know wich of the lilo's options were really
> needed, but the question is...
>
> I think the new lilo's defaults are le
Hi!
I have just had a trip to boot up a server after an upgrade to our new lilo
package, it was my fault to not know wich of the lilo's options were really
needed, but the question is...
I think the new lilo's defaults are less compatible than de old ones,
wouldn't it make more sense to default t
> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Manoj> Why is it that posting to a public forum is seen as a
Manoj> superior method compared to actually reading manual pages?
Manoj> Here are excerpts from two man pages that show the extents
Manoj> of the configu
>>"Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> Somebody else recently said that kernel-image packages no longer
Brian> maintain these symlinks (at least that was my understanding).
Brian> (or perhaps it is now a user configurable item?)
Why is it that posting to a public fo
> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Manoj> This is a bug. /boot is not the only location
Manoj> kernel-image packages may put image files in. The
Manoj> kernel-image packages go to a great deal of trouble to
Manoj> correctly create /vmlinuz and /vmlin
Russell Coker wrote:
> Also currently if you don't have debconf configured to display "high"
> priority messages then the configure phase of installation won't run. The
> problem line is:
> db_text high lilo/createdit
You probably want to use the 'note' data type, not 'text'. See the
debconf tu
>>"Peter" == Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Peter> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> At the moment, if there is no lilo.conf, the kernel-image
>> postinst creates a functioanl lilo.conf that takes into account
Peter> Is this wise?
You are asking my opinion? A
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At the moment, if there is no lilo.conf, the kernel-image
> postinst creates a functioanl lilo.conf that takes into account
Is this wise?
I assume that in a perfect world the lilo package would be better to
configure itself than some "random"
>>"Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> I have a new version online at http://www.coker.com.au/lilo/ . It
adds
Russell> /boot/vmlinuz-* automatically and doesn't look for anything in the
root
Russell> directory. Please try it out and let me know what you think.
>>"Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> On Saturday 06 January 2001 16:22, Chris Rutter wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
>> > You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
>>
>> There's absolutely no need or necessarily a desire to do s
>>"Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
>>> You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
>>>
Adam> kernel-package doesn't do them anymore.
This is not quite
On Saturday 06 January 2001 16:22, Chris Rutter wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
> > You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
>
> There's absolutely no need or necessarily a desire to do so; besides
> which, the point is moot: if you're in the automation arena, you
On Saturday 06 January 2001 15:08, Joey Hess wrote:
> Russell Coker wrote:
> > I have just uploaded LILO 21.6-2 to Woody. I have made it use debconf
> > for all the common settings (I can configure lilo.conf for all my
> > machines using only debconf). Please test it a
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sunday 07 January 2001 00:46, Adam Heath wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>> > Also, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would really be better than a specific
>> > address.
>>
>> Not if he isn't the current maintainer of lilo.
>
>True.
>
>So how do I g
On Sunday 07 January 2001 00:46, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:08:05PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Please verify lilo.conf by hand and send comments to
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Also, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would really be better t
On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:08:05PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Please verify lilo.conf by hand and send comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Also, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would really be better than a specific address.
Not if he isn't the current maintainer o
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 08:08:05PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> Please verify lilo.conf by hand and send comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would really be better than a specific address.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
> You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
There's absolutely no need or necessarily a desire to do so; besides
which, the point is moot: if you're in the automation arena, you'll
notice that kernel-package no longer produces them.
Trying
ect: Re: LILO 21.6-2
On Saturday 06 January 2001 15:08, Joey Hess wrote:
> Russell Coker wrote:
> > I have just uploaded LILO 21.6-2 to Woody. I have made it use debconf
> > for all the common settings (I can configure lilo.conf for all my
> > machines using only deb
> "Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
>> You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
>>
>> Hmm. I think I'll make the next version take a list of kernel
>> locations.
Adam> kernel-package doesn
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
> You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
>
> Hmm. I think I'll make the next version take a list of kernel locations.
kernel-package doesn't do them anymore.
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Russell Coker wrote:
> You don't have sym-links to the root directory? Why not?
Because there is no need?
>
> Yes. They were submitted to me by a Hungarian. I am already in the process
> of fixing grammar and spelling.
Good.
--
see shy jo
On Saturday 06 January 2001 15:08, Joey Hess wrote:
> Russell Coker wrote:
> > I have just uploaded LILO 21.6-2 to Woody. I have made it use debconf
> > for all the common settings (I can configure lilo.conf for all my
> > machines using only debconf). Please test it a
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Joey Hess wrote:
> This program only reinstall LiLO with the already given options.
> You can reconfigure LiLO with the dpkg-reconfigure lilo or you can use
> the old configuration tool, which is now named oldliloconfig.
> Here we will run lilo, but now for security rea
Russell Coker wrote:
> I have just uploaded LILO 21.6-2 to Woody. I have made it use debconf for
> all the common settings (I can configure lilo.conf for all my machines using
> only debconf). Please test it and let me know of any other settings that
> should be added for debconf.
I have just uploaded LILO 21.6-2 to Woody. I have made it use debconf for
all the common settings (I can configure lilo.conf for all my machines using
only debconf). Please test it and let me know of any other settings that
should be added for debconf.
Also I am concerned about the risk of
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