*--lilo=...*::
-Use specified lilo executable to for installing master boot record (MBR)
-instead of the default, being /usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.
+Use specified lilo executable for installing master boot record (MBR). By
+default any system wide (from $PATH) lilo executable is taken. If there can not
+be find any lilo executable the statically compiled version of the grml2usb
+Debian package (see /usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.[amd64|i386]) is taken.
*--mbr*::
if not is_writeable(device):
raise IOError, "device not writeable for user"
+ # use specified lilo
if options.lilo:
lilo = options.lilo
else:
- from platform import architecture
- if architecture()[0] == '64bit':
- lilo = '/usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.amd64'
+ # otherwise try to use system's lilo
+ if which("lilo"):
+ lilo = which("lilo")
+ print "debug: lilo = %s" % lilo
else:
- lilo = '/usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.i386'
+ # finally fall back to our static version
+ from platform import architecture
+ if architecture()[0] == '64bit':
+ lilo = '/usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.amd64'
+ else:
+ lilo = '/usr/share/grml2usb/lilo/lilo.static.i386'
if not is_exe(lilo):
raise Exception, "lilo executable can not be execute"