>>"Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hamish> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 08:53:29PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
>> The latest package is supposed to ask you whether you want to generate a
>> new
>> lilo.conf or keep the manual
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:17:20AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> On 01-01-06 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > mizar:[~/src/linux/2.4.0/linux] egrep 'VERSION|LEVEL' Makefile | head -3
> > VERSION = 2
> > PATCHLEVEL = 4
> > SUBLEVEL = 0
> > mizar:[~/src/linux/2.4.0/linux] grep -B 1 ^CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
> >
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 08:53:29PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> The latest package is supposed to ask you whether you want to generate a new
> lilo.conf or keep the manually created one (default keep the manual one). If
If you already have a /etc/lilo.conf, why ask anything at all?
On 01-01-06 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 05:40:53PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > On 01-01-06 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:58:48PM +0100, Cosimo Alfarano wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:57PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > > > > Don't ass
On Saturday 06 January 2001 23:04, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I am working on the Debian package of lilo and am writing code for
> > auto-generating lilo.conf files.
>
> Presumably, if there is a /etc/lilo.conf file already on the sys
On Saturday 06 January 2001 23:33, Peter Makholm wrote:
> Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> > root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
>
> Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before our standard
> kernel uses it our lilo package s
On Sunday 07 January 2001 05:50, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >>"Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Russell> other=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
> Russell> label=part1
> Russell> table=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
>
> Eh? I have an SCSI
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 04:12:54AM +0100, Mathias Gygax wrote:
> On Sam, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:52:17 +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > I'll try and make the next version do what you
> > require.
>
> well it's not necessary, but what about a boot message like:
>
>
> __
Hi,
>>"Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> other=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
Russell> label=part1
Russell> table=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Eh? I have an SCSI only machine which does not do devfs. Does
the postinst handle that?
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 05:40:53PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> On 01-01-06 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:58:48PM +0100, Cosimo Alfarano wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:57PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > > > Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before
On 01-01-06 Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:58:48PM +0100, Cosimo Alfarano wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:57PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > > Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before our standard
> > > kernel uses it our lilo package shouldn't assume it un
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:58:48PM +0100, Cosimo Alfarano wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:57PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> > Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before our standard
> > kernel uses it our lilo package shouldn't assume it unless it is very
> > sure that it will wor
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:06:47AM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote:
> Just FYI, as of now, the package available in sid/unstable does NOT ask
> to save your /etc/lilo.conf. If you install the current deb backup your
> lilo.conf file first.
If you've done the upgrade already note that i
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:57PM +0100, Peter Makholm wrote:
> Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before our standard
> kernel uses it our lilo package shouldn't assume it unless it is very
> sure that it will work.
He shouldn't assume it even if debian standard kernel package uses it.
Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
Don't assume devfs! A lot of us uses it, but before our standard
kernel uses it our lilo package shouldn't assume it unless it is very
sure that it will work.
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 12:04:52PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I am working on the Debian package of lilo and am writing code for
> > auto-generating lilo.conf files.
>
> Presumably, if there is a /etc/lilo.conf file already on
On Sam, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:52:17 +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> I'll try and make the next version do what you
> require.
well it's not necessary, but what about a boot message like:
_-_
_-- __ _
___-
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:52:17PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> I am working on the Debian package of lilo and am writing code for
> auto-generating lilo.conf files.
> image=/vmlinuz.old
> label=old
the 'old' image should be optional... i.e., add the optional keyword
I am working on the Debian package of lilo and am writing code for
auto-generating lilo.conf files.
Below is an example of the type of lilo.conf that can be generated. The
debconf asks whether you want boot or boot-menu as the boot loader, it asks
what VGA mode you want, what parameters to
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