On Sun, Feb 01, 2015 at 10:18:02AM +0000, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 09:48:37PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
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> > Perhaps detailed instructions for doing this should be in the
> > documentation for devuan -- somewhere where the home user is likely to
> > see it.
> >
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> IMHO, a home user does not necessarily need to know how to rescue from
> a malfunctioning LILO conf, since he should not be able to stop LILO
> from working by installing and upgrading packages (which are the
> normal things a "home user" wpuld do). To be honest, a home user
> wouldn't usually bother at all about which boot loader is used.

Really easy to end up without LILO working. If you boot from a
floppy, LILO will try to write the boot informatino on the floppy.
Just forget to diable write-protect on the floppy before an upgrade.
You'll get a few messages, but may not see them.

Or an inept backup and restore that replaces the kernel with itself.

> [...]
> I believe that the way forward is simple: let's give standard,
> rock-solid working environments to "home users", as that provided so
> far by Debian & relatives, but leave the freedom to mess things up to
> the people that know how to do that (or would like to learn it...).

Rock solid is good, yes.

-- hendrik