On Sunday, 3 April 2022 11:14:37 AM ACST L A Walsh wrote:
I need to replace my boot loader, as one of the upgrades performed by to upgrade my libraries removed the 32bit libs that lilo upon which lilo required to install a new OS was removed as not being necessary. Unfortunately, it was needed to install a new kernel, so while my system can continue to run I can't upgrade to a new kernel.
I think Grub is the current (?) recommended boot loader (?) but I really don't know. How can I install a loader lthat can let me boot as well as select what kernel image at boot time as well as add parameters to the boot line (like adding kenel flags and/or whether or not to start in a rescue mode, etc. Of course once I try, any major mistake might prohibit a retry...but maybe there are suggestions on how to prepare for that possibility?
thanks!
Hi Linda. 'zypper in grub2' as root should do the trick. It will search for and automatically setup booting based on the partitions found and the images located. You can adjust boot options (kernel/display params etc) by editing /etc/ default/grub and running (as root) update-bootloader (check man update- bootloader for options after installing), or you can do it the "easy" way via YaST Grub2 also has options for UEFI and TPM support if you need them (as far as I know, lilo has neither). Regards, Rodney. -- ================================================================================================================== Rodney Baker rodney.baker@iinet.net.au ==================================================================================================================