Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (282 mails)

[Roman Bysh <rbtc1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 On 10/03/2010 11:42 AM, jdd wrote:
> Le 03/10/2010 17:32, Rajko M. a écrit :
>
> > It shouldn't be so big deal to have some script that will:
> > - attempt to mount partitions,
> > - check for kernel and initrd presence, 
> > - if multiple kernels and initrds are present, collect info to list it as 
> > boot 
> > option
> > - try to identify openSUSE partitions looking at /etc/SuSE-release 
> > - use information from SuSE-release to label partitions in the list
> > - present list to the user and ask what to boot
> >
> > Above will solve boot loader problem. 
> not so easy because of a rarely said fact: openSUSE is the only
> distribution really RAID and LVM friendly, but this allows a variety
> of boot systems very difficult to debug
>
> > Problem with single kernel left after update that doesn't boot should be 
> > solved with multiple kernels available, not with rescue system. That will 
> > solve problem with broken or non existing initrd too. 
> >
> > All that is asked is:"Don't burn all bridges, before you are sure that new 
> > one 
> > will stand."
> there is an option for this in zypper. It have some drawbacks that
> could easily be overcome with some twitting (limiting to 2/3
> kernels,making the boot option title fancier)
>
> jdd
A graphical representation for " Reinstall Grub Bootloader " from the
boot menu of the Live CD/DVD would help immensely especially for
openSUSE newcomers.

Roman

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