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John
dingo at coco2.arach.net.au
Mon Sep 20 07:39:01 UTC 2004
Colin Watson wrote:
>>>If they bother you, you can turn them off. Read kernel-img.conf(5).
>>>
>>>
>>I suggest turning them on only if they're needed.
>>
>>
>
>They're needed for the Debian/Ubuntu packaging of all bootloaders, which
>all rely on the symlinks so that kernel upgrades don't have to run
>around editing bootloader configuration files, which is flaky and risky.
>
>
They are not used in grub, even in Ubuntu. The only reference to a
possible symlink in grub is in the comments.
update-grub is very good, it automatically scans /boot for all kernels
and matching initrd and makes grub stanzas for each. There is some user
configuration available, read the comments for the full details.
I have no NewWorld macs running Linux of any kind, the only Macs I have
running Linux are oldworld, and those use quik whic cannot use symlinks.
>Since they're always needed in default configurations (and this is a
>good thing, although at some point they might be moved into /boot, where
>they are on powerpc), I think this discussion is probably moot.
>
>If you want to ditch the symlinks, you'll have to manage the bootloader
>configuration file yourself. However, naïve users should not be forced
>to do this.
>
>
I've been running wo symlinks for quite some time.
On IA32 there is nothing special for users to do if the kernel stuff is
configured properly (I've not checked). Whenever a kernel is add or
removed, update-grub should be run (it is on Sarge) and the new menu is
built.
I can't find where it's configured on Sarge so I assume it's default
behaviour now.
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