On 15/01/2021 03.26, L A Walsh wrote:
On 2021/01/14 09:30, Felix Miata wrote:
I've noticed a new problem: Grub is missing from repos. I hesitate to ask, as I haven't heard of this being the case, but wasn't systemd supposed to handle booting? Sorta doubt it has replaced this yet, but maybe someone else knows (and knows if that's still on the roadmap)?
It is possible to boot without grub, but "directly"; however this is not supported on openSUSE, last time I heard.
Also, is lilo also gone?
I think so, gone or going, but some people still use it.
At one point there was a special elilo for efi. Might check if lilo is also missing and if elilo still exists..? If so, that might be another clue that MBR booting isn't being tested as part of the 15.2 boot process. That'd be annoying.
Another thing that could happen is that lilo required 32-bit devel tools some time back. Dunno if that's still the case, but if they were left off and legacy/MBR booting is the only thing that used them, I could see someone deciding that MBR-boot would go the route of 32-bit support.
32 bit libraries and stack are supported on Leap 15.x. What is not supported is a 32 bit kernel and thus the system. 32 bit EFI is not supported, if I'm not mistaken. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)