[opensuse-factory] syslinux / exelinux
For a variety of reasons, I have tried grub, grub2, lilo, and now syslinux (extlinux, actually). In fact, I am quite happy with syslinux. It feels a lot like grub, without the huge config file (grub2) or the other issues I had with lilo. What would it take to get syslinux (extlinux, actually) support into yast2 or whatever as a supported bootloader? I am willing to do some coding. For me, a big benefit is that - once installed - it does not need to be run again even if the config file changes, as well as being fast and easy to use. -- Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
* Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net> [2012-11-14 02:04]:
For a variety of reasons, I have tried grub, grub2, lilo, and now syslinux (extlinux, actually). In fact, I am quite happy with syslinux. It feels a lot like grub, without the huge config file (grub2) or the other issues I had with lilo.
What would it take to get syslinux (extlinux, actually) support into yast2 or whatever as a supported bootloader? I am willing to do some coding. For me, a big benefit is that - once installed - it does not need to be run again even if the config file changes, as well as being fast and easy to use.
That sounds interesting, I'd suggest you post to yast-devel@opensuse.org instead since the YaST developers probably won't notice your mail here. Have you checked out the bootloader module code at https://github.com/yast/yast-bootloader yet? The different backend modules and the recent addition of the grub2 module in the history might provide some hints on how to add a new one. -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Wed 14 Nov 2012 11:48:28 AM EST, Guido Berhoerster wrote:
* Jon Nelson <jnelson-suse@jamponi.net> [2012-11-14 02:04]:
For a variety of reasons, I have tried grub, grub2, lilo, and now syslinux (extlinux, actually). In fact, I am quite happy with syslinux. It feels a lot like grub, without the huge config file (grub2) or the other issues I had with lilo.
What would it take to get syslinux (extlinux, actually) support into yast2 or whatever as a supported bootloader? I am willing to do some coding. For me, a big benefit is that - once installed - it does not need to be run again even if the config file changes, as well as being fast and easy to use.
That sounds interesting, I'd suggest you post to yast-devel@opensuse.org instead since the YaST developers probably won't notice your mail here. Have you checked out the bootloader module code at https://github.com/yast/yast-bootloader yet? The different backend modules and the recent addition of the grub2 module in the history might provide some hints on how to add a new one.
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