On 2013-05-07 06:52 (GMT+0400) Andrey Borzenkov composed:
On 06 May 2013 15:52:19 -0400 Felix Miata composed:
On 2013-05-06 23:36 (GMT+0400) Andrey Borzenkov composed:
On Mon, 06 May 2013 15:12:55 -0400 Felix Miata composed:
Moving /boot files among partitions impacts the bootloader. Without reconfiguring the bootloader before rebooting, I wouldn't expect further booting without a repair boot first. :-p
In openSUSE running mkinitrd implicitly updates bootloader
Adding/removing stanzas for kernel installations and removals I'm fully aware of.
and its configuration.
Automagic changes to (x,y) components of Grub entries after manually moving /boot content to another partition is news to me, as are installations of Grub on the booting partition rather than the MBR.
Yes, you are right, it is more complicated.
If "boot device" (as defined by YaST2 bootloader configuration) is not changed, this is likely enough (is is definitely enough for grub2). If /boot was also "boot device", it needs to be changed.
For grub legacy I am not sure.
I am sure. I've been moving and cloning partitions for too many years to remember. Hardly a month passes that I don't do one or the other if not both. Nothing in YaST, perl-Bootloader, mkinitrd or anything else in openSUSE is designed to automagically update (x,y) instances in menu.lst or /etc/grub.conf, or rerun Grub Legacy setup/grub-install, when the boot partition is manually changed post-installation. These things I've been doing myself as a matter of course for many years. For the OP's changes, grub2-mkconfig triggered by the new kernel and/or zypper dup must have saved him the grief of failed attempting to reboot without having first made the required bootloader config changes without which Grub Legacy would have failed him. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org