On Friday 07 March 2014, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:

В Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:32:33 +0100

Ruediger Meier пишет:

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Hi,

I haven't used the DVD installer for ages. Right now I've started the DVD 13.1 installation image (from USB Stick).

I want to edit the boot/installation paramters according to http://doc.opensuse.org/projects/autoyast/appendix.linuxrc.html

Is this still supported at all? The boot menu looks very poor now. I see only 3 boot entries "Installation" "Rescue" "Check Media"

Do you have UEFI system?

Yes.

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Where are the advanced options, for example keyboard layout. I tried to edit the boot commandline vie (e)ditor: hostip=192.168.1.28 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1 nameserver=192.168.1.1

But it does not seem to work like it did in past.

If you have UEFI you have grub2; press 'e' on menu entry and you are in editor; move to line starting with "linux" (or may be "linuxefi") and append parameters there.

I had tried this but adding linuxrc options had no effect when booting the full DVD. It did worked when using the net-install CD. Maybe a bug? However the UEFI boot of the installed system did not worked. It couldn't find any bootable system. So I've disabled UEFI boot in BIOS and then I even saw the full featured grub 1 DVD install menu again. Don't know what the poor DVD UEFI boot menu is good for. It makes not much sense to give me an editor if I can't change the keyboard layout. Or is this possible in BIOS nowadays? cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Friday 07 March 2014, jdd wrote:

Le 07/03/2014 16:52, Ruediger Meier a écrit :

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However the UEFI boot of the installed system did not worked. It couldn't find any bootable system.

did you mount /boot/efi?

Yep, Yast created it.

So I've disabled UEFI boot in BIOS

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and then I even saw the full featured grub 1 DVD install menu again.

Don't know what the poor DVD UEFI boot menu is good for. It makes not much sense to give me an editor if I can't change the keyboard layout.

here what I get with the dvd (32 or 64 bits gives the same)

http://dodin.info/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=24a460b515960a3 382314e1086c57919

I get this full menu only if I disable UEFI boot. Anyway I've managed to install a fresh 13.1 system now with grub-1. But it still can't boot because it does not find my lvm root partition. I've tried to re-create initrd from rescue system mkinitrd -f lvm2 It still does not work. It's a real pain. cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/03/14 04:34, Ruediger Meier wrote:

On Friday 07 March 2014, jdd wrote:

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Le 07/03/2014 16:52, Ruediger Meier a �crit :

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However the UEFI boot of the installed system did not worked. It couldn't find any bootable system. did you mount /boot/efi? Yep, Yast created it.

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So I've disabled UEFI boot in BIOS

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and then I even saw the full featured grub 1 DVD install menu again.

Don't know what the poor DVD UEFI boot menu is good for. It makes not much sense to give me an editor if I can't change the keyboard layout. here what I get with the dvd (32 or 64 bits gives the same)

http://dodin.info/owncloud/public.php?service=files&t=24a460b515960a3 382314e1086c57919 I get this full menu only if I disable UEFI boot.

Anyway I've managed to install a fresh 13.1 system now with grub-1. But it still can't boot because it does not find my lvm root partition.

I've tried to re-create initrd from rescue system mkinitrd -f lvm2 It still does not work. It's a real pain.

Forgive me for being as thick as a brick, but why do you want more options in the 13.1 installation USB menu other than those you mentioned in your OP? I mean, you are either Installing 13.1 or you are not. Do you mean that you want to see the ability to change the screen size, or add "nomodeset" and whatever then pressing "e" at the menu would allow you to add these parameters, yes/no? (Probably NO as I am completely "up with the birds" by asking what I just did :-) . But humour me :-) .) BC -- A civilisation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable. Lauren Smith - 30 January 2014 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Friday 07 March 2014, jdd wrote:

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Anyway I've managed to install a fresh 13.1 system now with grub-1. But it still can't boot because it does not find my lvm root partition.

never used lvm, no necessity to add a complexity layer at this level

I always use lvm to simplify things ... cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Le 10/03/2014 10:59, Ruediger Meier a écrit :

On Friday 07 March 2014, jdd wrote:

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Anyway I've managed to install a fresh 13.1 system now with grub-1. But it still can't boot because it does not find my lvm root partition.

never used lvm, no necessity to add a complexity layer at this level

I always use lvm to simplify things ...

cu, Rudi

reading what you quote yourself, don't looks so :-( jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Monday 10 March 2014, jdd wrote:

Le 10/03/2014 11:12, Ruediger Meier a écrit :

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Yes it works but first there is no help message anymore which tells us about "e". And second if you want to edit something then it should be possible to change keyboard layout first.

never was available in GRUB AFAIK (and I miss it)

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The old menu was very easy to understand for eyperts and non-experts. It also included a lot documentation texts to let us know about possible kernel args or linuxrc options.

new menu is that... new :-)

we can hope of enhancements, it's now grub, no more linuxrc

linuxrc is still in use, The boat loader changed. linuxrc is not a bootloader. cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org