44269 – x86-minimal-2004.0 LiveCD missing lilo and grub

Bug 44269 - x86-minimal-2004.0 LiveCD missing lilo and grub

Summary: x86-minimal-2004.0 LiveCD missing lilo and grub

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High major
Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers

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Reported:	2004-03-10 11:03 UTC by Jason Waldhelm
Modified:	2004-03-10 14:59 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Jason Waldhelm 2004-03-10 11:03:05 UTC

I honestly hope i'm blind or going crazy, but I can't find grub or lilo on this LiveCD.  After booting to the LiveCD, I ran `find / -name lilo` and `find / -name grub` ... no results were returned.

I hope that it is obvious that this is a serious problem for those using the LiveCD for installation or for data recovery or changing the boot record.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot to x86-minimal-2004.0 LiveCD
2. try to run `lilo` or `grub`
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Comment 1 Matt Taylor 2004-03-10 13:47:56 UTC

The livecd doesn't need either for installation because you install it on your system as part of the install.  It's not useful for recovery either because they need the confs from your rootfs to work, and you should chroot in to fix the mbr.

Comment 2 Jason Waldhelm 2004-03-10 14:03:04 UTC

i would still find it useful... but i do see your point.

Comment 3 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-10 14:59:01 UTC

Closing then