[Bug 231289] New: update breaks LILO (and GRUB) setup
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231289 Summary: update breaks LILO (and GRUB) setup Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Update Problems AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com I've updated my server from 10.0 to 10.2 with retail DVD9. for historic reasons (hw raid, LVM, and updated over many releases) it still used LILO. the old 10.0 lilo.conf looked like this: -------------------------------------------------- default = Linux .. image = /boot/vmlinuz ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### label = Linux append = "selinux=0 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts" .. -------------------------------------------------- and the 10.2 yast update converted it to -------------------------------------------------- default = Linux .. image = /boot/vmlinuz ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### label = oS_10.2 append = "resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts" -------------------------------------------------- leaving the default label but changing the label for the actual image giving the following LILO error: Added oS_10.2 .. Fatal: Default image doesn't exist. since this wasn't too obvious within yast gui, I tried to convert to GRUB (no problem anymore these days, and all other systems already use GRUB). I asked yast to convert the existing boot config to grub which created a totally bogus menu.lst which doesn't specify any kernel images at all (complete file:) -------------------------------------------------- # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Di Jan 2 14:25:48 CET 2007 default timeout 8 gfxmenu (/dev/sda,4)/message ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title oS_10.2 initrd (/dev/sda,4)/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: hdc### title hdc initrd (/dev/sda,4)/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe initrd (/dev/sda,4)/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: memtest86### title Speichertes -------------------------------------------------- -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231289 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |odabrunz@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231289#c1 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jplack@novell.com Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #1 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2007-10-12 05:25:25 MST --- Yes, this is a rather exotic case. a. unsupported update path. b. a known problem in yast2-storage hdX -> sdY device name changes in the kernel. c. lilo no longer supported, only for migration to grub. -- 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.
Yes, this is a rather exotic case. a. unsupported update path. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=231289#c2 --- Comment #2 from Harald Koenig <koenig@linux.de> 2007-10-12 08:41:58 MST --- (In reply to comment #1 from Joachim Plack) please, can you elaborate on this ? which path would have been supported (and why respectively why not) ?
b. a known problem in yast2-storage hdX -> sdY device name changes in the kernel. c. lilo no longer supported, only for migration to grub.
and how to I migrate from LILO to grub with this broken yast ? well, _I_ managed my migration (so this isn't really a support call;), but what does novell/suse suggest to your customers in this case ?! -- 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.
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