Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-21 Thread Brian May
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 09:02:43PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > I believe lilo and grub already have that. I am not sure lilo has it, but for grub see /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.gz Initially update-grub might seem a bit weird, it extracts comments from the menu.lst file in order t

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-21 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:02, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Greetings, > > > > Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for > > newbies, what with ha

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:00:54 -0600, Jamin W Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:46, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On 20 Aug 2003 10:51:54 -0400, Adam C Powell IV said: >> > >> > Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a >> > pain, especially for newbies, w

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 20 Aug 2003 16:04:50 -0400, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:46, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 20 Aug 2003 10:51:54 -0400, Adam C Powell IV > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, >> especial

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 20 Aug 2003 15:39:18 -0400, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:02, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Greetings, >> >> Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially >> for newbies, what with

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:46, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 20 Aug 2003 10:51:54 -0400, Adam C Powell IV said: > > > > Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, > > especially for newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config > > Why on earth are you hand edit

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Adam C Powell IV
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:46, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On 20 Aug 2003 10:51:54 -0400, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, > especially for newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config Why

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Adam C Powell IV
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 15:02, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings, > > Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for > newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config files for other > bootloa

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Adam C Powell IV
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 14:25, Josh Lauricha wrote: On Wed 10:51, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Greetings, > > Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for > newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config files for other > bootloaders, from grub to

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 20 Aug 2003 10:51:54 -0400, Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, > especially for newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config Why on earth are you hand editing the lilo.conf file for every kernel image

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings, > > Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for > newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config files for other > bootloaders, from grub to yaboot/quik, aboot, palo, you name it. Yes, > the kernel-image po

Re: Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Josh Lauricha
On Wed 10:51, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Greetings, > > Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for > newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config files for other > bootloaders, from grub to yaboot/quik, aboot, palo, you name it. Yes, > the kernel-image postinst

Proposal: make kernel install easier

2003-08-20 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Greetings, Installing a new kernel package can be a bit of a pain, especially for newbies, what with hand-editing lilo.conf or config files for other bootloaders, from grub to yaboot/quik, aboot, palo, you name it. Yes, the kernel-image postinst runs lilo, but lilo.conf is invariably out of date,