Re: link_in_boot

2011-02-14 Thread Bjørn Mork
nstead. The reason is the lack of flexibility in the automatic scripts, like e.g. missing serial support in extlinux. Or the ability to keep a few special kernels in /boot without adding all of them to the boot menu. Might be just me. Just wanted to register an interest in keeping the link_in_boot fe

Bug#425056: strange default for link_in_boot in config script

2007-09-22 Thread Ralf Neubauer
I have the same problem with linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 In /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.21-2-686.config I found the suspicious lines # Predefined values: my $version = "2.6.21-2-686"; my $link_in_boot = "YESB"; # Should be empty, mostly my $no_symlink

Re: Bug#425056: strange default for link_in_boot in config script

2007-09-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:29:13 +0200, Ralf Neubauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have the same problem with linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 In > /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.21-2-686.config I found the > suspicious lines >> Predefined values: > my $version = "2.6.

link_in_boot (was: Re: Bug#613200: linux-base: lilo.conf not updated to UUIDs for kernels not in /)

2011-02-13 Thread Bjørn Mork
Ben Hutchings writes: > This has nothing to do with where the kernel images are (they are always > installed in /boot), but only to do with where the symlinks are created. > The default is to create them in /, but I recall there is an option (now > deprecated) to create them in /boot. Not relat

Re: link_in_boot (was: Re: Bug#613200: linux-base: lilo.conf not updated to UUIDs for kernels not in /)

2011-02-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 20:24 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Ben Hutchings writes: > > > This has nothing to do with where the kernel images are (they are always > > installed in /boot), but only to do with where the symlinks are created. > > The default is to create them in /, but I recall there is an