https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=480199 Summary: menu.lst is incorrectly (re)parsed after kernel-* updates (via 'zypper dup', e.g.) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: pgnet.trash@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0 in my /boot/grub/menu.lst, ... selinux=0 elevator=cfq \ vga=0x31a console=tty0 console=xvc0,57600 \ max_loop=64 ... then, e.g., zypper dup Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... Computing distribution upgrade... The following packages are going to be upgraded: kernel-source kernel-xen kernel-xen-base kernel-xen-extra libpng12-0 module-init-tools Overall download size: 83.6 M. After the operation, additional 5.4 M will be used. Continue? [YES/no]: yes ... immediately checking again, /boot/grub/menu.lst ... selinux =0 elevator=cfq \ vga =0x31a console=tty0 console=xvc0,57600 \ max_loop =64 ... note the extra 'space' before the first "=" in each line. as this renders the system unbootable-- not critical if you catch it; critical if you don't. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- 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.