Debian Bug report logs - #25842
"(liloconfig) support for different root and boot"

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Patrik Rak <patrik@pandora.ms.mff.cuni.cz>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: boot-floppies: support for different root and boot

Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:42:45 +0200 (CEST)

Package: boot-floppies
Version: 2.0.11

dinstall does not consider using different boot and root options for lilo.
It should ask for boot option, suggesting the already bootable partition
perhaps. (I have small boot partition on \hda and linux on \sda, as my bios
can't boot from SCSI).

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.0
Kernel Version: Linux pandora 2.0.35 #1 Sat Aug 1 17:24:40 CEST 1998 i586 unknown

Message #12 received at 25842@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>

To: Patrik Rak <patrik@pandora.ms.mff.cuni.cz>

Cc: 25842@bugs.debian.org

Subject: boot-floppies: support for different root and boot

Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 23:53:14 +0200

Wading through some bugs...

You wrote:
] dinstall does not consider using different boot and root options for lilo.
] It should ask for boot option, suggesting the already bootable partition
] perhaps. (I have small boot partition on \hda and linux on \sda, as my bios
] can't boot from SCSI).

Liloconfig could be extended in many kinds.  Im my oppinion this should
be done so liloconfig is *very* flexible or liloconfig should only cover
the most used situations.

If your situation isn't covered, create a boot floppy, reboot, edit
/etc/lilo.conf, issue lilo, and be happy.  You may also use the rescue
floppy with "root=/dev/sda1" argument.

This might sound harsh, but if we are to support non-usual cases we should
cover all.  I often get into the same problem, but using the rescue disk
for booting with root= parameter is fine, so I don't have a reason to
complain.

I'd like to close this bug report... May I?

Regards,

	Joey

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Message #17 received at 25842@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>

To: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>

Cc: 25842@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#25842: boot-floppies: support for different root and boot

Date: 21 May 1999 02:13:26 -0400

Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE> writes:

> This might sound harsh, but if we are to support non-usual cases we should
> cover all.  I often get into the same problem, but using the rescue disk
> for booting with root= parameter is fine, so I don't have a reason to
> complain.
> 
> I'd like to close this bug report... May I?

Well, I think we oughta merge all the lilo feature requests together,
and make them all wishlist.

As we cover more and more architectures, the idea of making a snazzy
liloconfig becomes less and less attractive, too, so it may never
happen.  So here too, it's a "would be nice but may never happen"
wishlist item.

--
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>

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