Problems with bootloader configuration in autoyast SLES10 RC3

28 Jun 2006

      I have logged SR#10273247971 for this but I thought I would get peoples thoughts here as well.

Problem is with the <default> global parameter in the <bootloader> section of autoyast.

This works fine:

<bootloader>
       <loader_type>lilo</loader_type>
     <location>mbr</location>
</bootloader>

Default kernel is SLES_10 as expected.

This doesnt work, during boot loader installation an error is given that there is no default value given in lilo.conf. This occurs if I put an entry in the <default> tag or not.

<bootloader>
       <global>
         <default>SLES_10</default>
         <gfxmenu></gfxmenu>
         <prompt>1</prompt>
         <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout>
       </global>
       <loader_type>lilo</loader_type>
     <location>mbr</location>
   </bootloader>

ie: This also gives the same error for the default tag. It should default to SLES_10 - I should not have to specify it.

<bootloader>
       <global>
         <default></default>
         <gfxmenu></gfxmenu>
         <prompt>1</prompt>
         <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout>
       </global>
       <loader_type>lilo</loader_type>
     <location>mbr</location>
   </bootloader>

And this also the same error:

<bootloader>
       <global>
         <gfxmenu></gfxmenu>
         <prompt>1</prompt>
         <timeout config:type="integer">5</timeout>
       </global>
       <loader_type>lilo</loader_type>
     <location>mbr</location>
   </bootloader>

The reason I am doing this is because I do *not* want a graphical menu so I want to specify nothing for <gfxmenu> which seems to work ok.

The text of the error during the bootloader config/installation phase is:

"Value expected for 'default' at or above line 11 in file /etc/lilo.conf."

And sure enough in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf at that point of the installation default has no value.

thanks

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Matt Gillard
UNIX Systems Engineer
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