[Bug 302004] New: merge existing GRUB menu.lst for parallel installation
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 Summary: merge existing GRUB menu.lst for parallel installation Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Beta 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: tilman@imap.cc QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Beta-Customer For my first test, I installed 10.3 Beta1 on a working openSUSE 10.2 system which has everything except /boot in LVM, by creating a new LVM logical volume for the 10.3 root partition and mounting the existing /boot partition without formatting. Despite the warning from YaST this works perfectly fine, but I had to merge the GRUB menu items for 10.2 from /boot/grub/menu.lst.old into /boot/grub/menu.lst manually, whereafter the 10.2 installation also boots fine again. As this is rather convenient for testing, I'd like to suggest that this be done automatically, ie. if the installation procedure finds an existing menu.lst it should preserve its entries and just add a new one in front of them. Also, the strong warning against mounting existing partitions without reformatting them could, at least in the case of /boot, be toned down a bit. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 Matej Horvath <mhorvath@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |fehr@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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c1 Thomas Fehr <fehr@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|fehr@novell.com |odabrunz@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Thomas Fehr <fehr@novell.com> 2007-08-23 06:45:49 MST --- This is something for yast2-bootloader, not yast2-storage. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c2 --- Comment #2 from Tilman Schmidt <tilman@imap.cc> 2007-09-01 17:15:38 MST --- Problem still exists in openSUSE 10.3 Beta2. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c3 Stefan Fent <stefan.fent@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |stefan.fent@novell.com Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |LATER --- Comment #3 from Stefan Fent <stefan.fent@novell.com> 2007-09-03 02:47:31 MST --- This won't be fixed in 10.3, but we'll keep in in mind. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c4 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jplack@novell.com AssignedTo|odabrunz@novell.com |jplack@novell.com --- Comment #4 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2008-03-19 22:19:52 MST --- reevaluate bug for SLE11 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c5 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|LATER | --- Comment #5 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2008-03-19 22:21:35 MST --- see above -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c6 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jplack@novell.com |juhliarik@novell.com Status|REOPENED |NEW --- Comment #6 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2008-07-15 05:22:20 MDT --- assign to yast2-bootloader maintainer -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302004#c7 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #7 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2009-02-11 08:15:31 MST --- After checking code there is part which is responsible for adding other installed OS but it doesn't work with LVM and also it works different from your point of view. The yast2-bootloader check other linux partitions and if it finds some menu.lst it takes dafault boot entry and add it to new menu.lst (if it is classical boot entry) Your idea is different from existing solution it is opposite of existing solution ;-) I am sorry we consumed a lot of time with fixing bugs in algorithm for adding other installed OS. There is also a lot of open bugs for bootloader. It will be better to concentrate power on fixing existing problems. Closed like wontfix. You can also send patch ;-) -- 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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