Re: parted, distro-default lilo/grub menu item

[Timshel Knoll]

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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:52 pm, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> The obvious things to do are:
> (1) add instructions to the manaul and
> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk/README how to use partroot-1.6.1.img
> with grub/lilo/yaboot.  Perhaps include shell scripts to autodetect &
> do the job?
>
> (2) encourage distro's to have a parted-boot package, that includes
> an initrd.  Get this installed by default!
>
> (3) encourage distro's to include an entry for parted in all their
> default boot-loader entries.  Or, perhaps the proposed scripts in (1)
> should be included in the parted-boot package from (2), so that
> when you install it, you automatically get parted?

Hrm, Debian's grub currently ships with an update-grub script that 
automagically looks for kernels in /boot and adds them to the menu.lst, 
I wonder if it could be modified to be more extensible ..

Lilo should be pretty easy too, just doing something like:

image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19
        initrd = /boot/parted.gz
        append="root=/dev/ram0"

should do the trick, AFAICT.

>
> Ideas?

Sounds cool, I'd be willing to do this for Debian. I just need a decent 
portable way to build an appropriate initrd's on a Debian system, might 
look at this if I've got time over the next few weeks ...

Cheers,

Timshel

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