WARNING:::: DO NOT UPDATE

[Derek Broughton]

Young wrote:

> This latest update is asking me a question I can't answer. I don't
> understand the implications.
> 
> It has apparently already done the update, so there's no backing out, to
> give me time to research.
> 
> 
> The window is titled Debconf, the question is:
> What would you like to do with menu.lst.

If it's in debconf, no it hasn't done any update.

Apt does:
- download all .deb files
- preconfigure those that can be (which could be where you are)
- install each .deb - beginning with the debconf step, if it wasn't already
done 

So, until you finish with debconf, it still isn't installed.

> I know that menu.lst is used by Grub. I edited it to change the default
> to Windows, changed the pause time, and set it to update itself during
> upgrades. It worked during the last kernal upgrade. What's different
> about this one?

Where you put the Windows stanza?
> 
> What do the choices mean?

Who can tell?  Couldn't you have given us at least a _little_ hint about the
question?  Debconf normally gives you choices - what were the options?

In any case, debconf generally just asks you when it has _new_ questions,
and all your previous defaults are kept.
-- 
derek