[opensuse-kernel] Kernel binrpm produces brokes grub2 config
Hi!
I'm not sure who to blame, but the below commit breaks the kernel binrpm target for me.
It produces a faulty grub2 config.
After installing such a kernel grub2 looks for vmlinuz-XY-rpm and initrd-XY-rpm.
These files are not existing and the machine does no longer boot.
Luckily an addition boot entry without the -rpm suffix exists, if remote access works
one can recover the machine.
My question is, why do we need these copy of vmlinuz anyway?
After calling installkernel on the -rpm variants you delete them again...
This <insert swear word here> happens on openSUSE 13.1, maybe their installkernel script needs fixing.
commit 3c9c7a14b6274074cc3af2b83d56a92547188f27
Author: Mike Marciniszyn
On 2014-07-29 12:18, Richard Weinberger wrote:
Hi!
I'm not sure who to blame, but the below commit breaks the kernel binrpm target for me. It produces a faulty grub2 config. After installing such a kernel grub2 looks for vmlinuz-XY-rpm and initrd-XY-rpm. These files are not existing and the machine does no longer boot. Luckily an addition boot entry without the -rpm suffix exists, if remote access works one can recover the machine.
My question is, why do we need these copy of vmlinuz anyway? After calling installkernel on the -rpm variants you delete them again...
The typical /sbin/installkernel script does a cp "$2" "/boot/...", so you can't use the already installed files as its arguments.
This <insert swear word here> happens on openSUSE 13.1, maybe their installkernel script needs fixing.
I guess that the problem is that grub2-mkconfig sees the temporary /boot/vmlinuz-*-rpm file and creates a menu entry for it. I guess we should create the temporary kernel and initrd files somewhere else than in /boot. Michal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
В Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:23:54 +0200
Michal Marek
On 2014-07-29 12:18, Richard Weinberger wrote:
Hi!
I'm not sure who to blame, but the below commit breaks the kernel binrpm target for me. It produces a faulty grub2 config. After installing such a kernel grub2 looks for vmlinuz-XY-rpm and initrd-XY-rpm. These files are not existing and the machine does no longer boot. Luckily an addition boot entry without the -rpm suffix exists, if remote access works one can recover the machine.
My question is, why do we need these copy of vmlinuz anyway? After calling installkernel on the -rpm variants you delete them again...
The typical /sbin/installkernel script does a cp "$2" "/boot/...", so you can't use the already installed files as its arguments.
This <insert swear word here> happens on openSUSE 13.1, maybe their installkernel script needs fixing.
I guess that the problem is that grub2-mkconfig sees the temporary /boot/vmlinuz-*-rpm file and creates a menu entry for it. I guess we should create the temporary kernel and initrd files somewhere else than in /boot.
Or name it differently - e.g. rpm-vmlinuz-XY.
Michal
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
participants (3)
-
Andrey Borzenkov -
Michal Marek -
Richard Weinberger