On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:04:19 -0400 (EDT), Peter E wrote: > > > > As described in discussion a few weeks back, Lilo is installed > > in place of Grub in Squeeze on the IBM NetVista 6578-RAU > > here. That's necessary for now. > > > > But then a system update runs update-initramfs which tries > > to run update-grub which is not there. I should be able > > to comment out the update-grub; and the assumption that > > grub is present should warrant a bug report. > > > > Any advice or comments? > > Hello again, Peter. This is not a bug. The maintainer script for the > new kernel image package is trying to run update-grub because it is > being told to do so by entries in /etc/kernel-img.conf. This file is > classified as a "configuration file", and therefore user modifications > to it are preserved. The Debian installer put lines in that file for > grub during installation. See another recent thread for another > report of the same roblem: > except that I didn't modify it, so it should have been overwritten with a file which would have allowed lilo to run. I seem to remember being asked if I wanted config files overwritten when they are found to differ from what the package wants to install. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100331064850.5b742...@windy.deldotd.com
