Can Linux really boot from symlinks?

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Post #248,804 by CRConrad 3/22/06 2:24:24 AM Reply	Can Linux really boot from symlinks? I mean, I don't know fuck about this, but I'm guessing that maybe it can only follow symlinks to their actual counterparts after it's booted. Which would mean that you'd have to do a physical copy of those files to their new names/locations. Take this advice with about a lorry's worth of grains of salt. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link\|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105\|Mr. Hat]
Post #248,808 by pwhysall 3/22/06 3:00:39 AM Reply	GRUB can and does. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #248,816 by CRConrad 3/22/06 4:55:06 AM Reply	Ah, OK, thanks. BTW, is guildenstern down...
Post #248,818 by pwhysall 3/22/06 7:10:43 AM Reply	It's deader than your dress sense at the moment. See thread in Internet for reasons and possibility of replacement/revival. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #248,809 by pwhysall 3/22/06 3:01:15 AM Reply	LILO follows them and goes to the pointed-to thing. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #248,817 by CRConrad 3/22/06 4:56:28 AM Reply	...or is there any other reason why your pic won't show?

So what step did I miss upgrading my Debian kernel? - (drewk) - (15) - March 21, 2006, 07:16:27 PM EST

Can Linux really boot from symlinks? - (CRConrad) - (5) - March 22, 2006, 02:24:24 AM EST

GRUB can and does. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 22, 2006, 03:00:39 AM EST

Ah, OK, thanks. BTW, is guildenstern down... -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - March 22, 2006, 04:55:06 AM EST

It's deader than your dress sense at the moment. - (pwhysall) - March 22, 2006, 07:10:43 AM EST

LILO follows them and goes to the pointed-to thing. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 22, 2006, 03:01:15 AM EST

...or is there any other reason why your pic won't show? -NT - (CRConrad) - March 22, 2006, 04:56:28 AM EST

apt-get install grub - (pwhysall) - (8) - March 22, 2006, 03:02:03 AM EST

Especially on Debian - (folkert) - (7) - March 22, 2006, 07:30:52 AM EST

Just did that - (drewk) - (6) - March 22, 2006, 01:23:27 PM EST

If LILO is still doing its thing... - (Yendor) - March 22, 2006, 01:45:10 PM EST

grub-install hd0 -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - March 22, 2006, 03:11:29 PM EST

p3t4h |5 t3h r0Xx0Rz - (drewk) - (3) - March 22, 2006, 06:50:00 PM EST

have a look in /etc/x11 - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 23, 2006, 12:56:51 AM EST

Also, check your alternatives - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 23, 2006, 01:13:33 AM EST

Nothing for x-display-manager - (drewk) - March 23, 2006, 02:24:29 AM EST

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