Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (715 mails)

[Michael Chang <mchang@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 09:41:37AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 07:44:32 Michael Chang wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > In factory, yast2-bootloader and perl-Bootloader will be updated with
> > grub2 support and will set as default for installation. However you
> > can go back to your good old grub1 in the loader type selection menu
> > if it doesn't work for you.
>
> So, if grub2 does not become stable until RC1, we can always just change 
> the default and have grub1 back? Good! Then let's continue.

Yes. the change is trivial and we can do that at anytime we want. Just
make sure that we can get enough testing and issues reported thus we
could evaluate precisely prior to RC1. 

>  
> > This will not affect your existing system if you performed update to
> > newest factory, the current loader will remain grub1. But grub2 will
> > be availale in yast2 bootloader and you could switch to use it if you
> > like.
>
> That testing would be very welcome.

Yes. testing is always welcome.

>  
> > It's welcome to report issues to bugzilla and hopefully that issues
> > can get resolved early before 12.2 release. Although we tried to test
> > as much as possible, we can't guarentee the quality without
> > distributing them outside and get more people's feedback and
> > involvement. :)
>
> Should those bugs get directly assigned to you, Michael?

Ok. I'd like to take them .. hope not flooded. :)

Regards,
Michael

> > You could refer to the wiki page for current status and information.
> >
> > http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:YaST2_And_Perl_Bootloader_Grub2_Modules_
> > Implement
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
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