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From: covici@××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 11:35:15
Message-Id: 13859.1397907307@ccs.covici.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange behaviour with LILO on new install on old laptop by Walter Dnes
1 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2
3 > On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 01:09:25AM -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote
4 > >
5 > > I don't let theebuild muck with lilo.conf,I edit it myself, so the root
6 > > is no problem -- its an initrd anyway.
7 >
8 > I don't understand. The ebuild doesn't look at lilo.conf, rather, it
9 > tries to guess the root partition, and fails miserably from the chroot.
10 >
11 > --
12 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
13 > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
14
15 I don't let the ebuild build my lilo.conf at all, I build it myself, it
16 never runs dolilo.
17
18
19 --
20 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
21 How do
22 you spend it?
23
24 John Covici
25 covici@××××××××××.com