On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 09:50:44AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote: > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:53:34AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > installations which has only really been tested for i386. The real > > downside of using the Etch installer for Sarge is that, although a > > current kernel will be used for the installation, it will still install > > 2.6.8 for the target system (it does not use any backports). > > > > This means that there is a relatively high chance that the user will > > experience problems on the reboot into the target system. > > I never understood why it is necessary to reboot the system after > installation. > I remember that many years ago SuSE (don't know current status) just chrooted > into the installed system. That's also nice compared to other commercial > systems which required 10 or more reboots until they were ready (current state > also unknown).
This does indeed work just nicely, but the idea is to test the kernel & bootloader install, and it is better to test that early, than at some later time when you just suffered from a loss of power while away and the system doesn't boot back. > It may be useful to test the bootloader and makes it easier to upgrade the > kernel but is it required? Not really, it is a technical choice that was made for the above reasons, nothing else. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
