https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=223246 holgi@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|stefan.fent@novell.com |aj@novell.com ------- Comment #6 from holgi@novell.com 2006-11-27 04:49 MST -------
- Keeping the symlinks in menu.lst is not an option. The requirement to have one bootloader entry per kernel contradicts with the old "one and only vmlinux" entry paradigm.
What is the description for that - why is it not an option any more?
- #300543 is the most important FATE here, please also check the various references: #232, #2154, #301204 ...
fate #300543 tells: Whenever an additional kernel is installed, a unique bootloader entry must be created, and the bootloader has to be reinitialized, if necessary. I just read _additional_ kernel here but the problem is the standard/main (how do you want to call it?) kernel. If you do update the kernel of such a multi kernel system, which one will be updated?
- flawless support of multiboot setup, was never a supported feature as to my knowledge.
Strange: so we do we still generate these entries then?
- the work-around here would be to use various configfiles and/or chainloader stages instead of directly adressing the images for other systems directly. Unfortunately that work-around does not work for all architectures/ bootloaders. Else I would say, please file a feature request for that.
From my point of view: If you change part of the boot mechanism that causes problems on the other hand the better way would be to change the whole boot mechanism (add chainloader entries instead of current vmlinuz/initrd entries of other SUSE partitions). But as it is now - it's just done half of it.
- so the bottom line from my personal point of view is that this does not block anything except a nice but unsupported attribute of former distros and that an easy work-around exists.
What I'm wondering about: how many users do want to have multiple kernel support not knowing how to modify a grub entry comparing to how many users cannot but their other linux partition later not having the knoledge how to change the grub entry and are helpless. Nevertheless, it seems AJ have to decide about that here -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.