Re: A newbie's view

[Seth Vidal <skvidal@new-era.com>]

> 	Well, there are lots of people who don't read documentation.  If
> you don't believe that, you're kidding yourself ... :)
oh I know. But wouldn't it be nice.

(small reverie about people reading documentation)

ok I'm back.

> 
> 	I think, besides have lilo backup a working kernel, the make
> process should do some sort of integrity check on the kernel to make sure
> it would boot (i.e., check that the elf loader is in there).  It isn't
> very useful to tell the user that this failed if you don't given them some
> clue how or why it failed.

This sounds like a good idea.

Definitely should be added to the list.

Although a lot of this sounds like an aftermarket extra - Some sort of build
script/interface that is very easy to deal with. and very tolerant. and
cautious.


-sv

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