On 06/03/13 18:57, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-06 08:17 (GMT+0100) Andrea Turrini composed:
What the default bootloader is is orthogonal to the principles involved...
Grub2 is the default for oS 12.2/3 and this can not be changed easily now.
Default means default, which means non-exclusive option, which means not forced down anyone's throat, which means something else with available and understandable instructions can be installed and used instead, hence, it doesn't matter what the default bootloader is and my use of the word "orthogonal" to so indicate.
I think that we have a language problem here. "By default" means that if you don't know what you are doing then the default file/application will be installed. The default grub in 12.2 and 12.3 is grub2. This is what will get installed, period, if allow the installation to do so. And this is what most people installing oS for the first time, or even the second or third or nth time, will do. There *is* the ability to change the bootloader to grub *provided* you know that this is possible. But if you don't know then grub2 will be installed by default.
If you need to load them via the convenience of a menu stanza and only Grub2
is already installed from which to do it, then there are separate docs on point on how to modify the "do not edit" Grub2 menu. The essential elements of what might be included are there. The subject alternate installation methods page is providing examples, not a complete HOWTO.
I think this should be mentioned in the wiki page, just for completeness of information.
It's a wiki. Feel free to add appropriate language. This is another example of a big problem with development of "new" and "improved", that documentation routinely falls behind, mostly because the devs who should be aware of what doc changes are indicated by their activity don't make them, while those in a position to write and with time to write haven't a clue what to write.
OK, you know about this so why haven't you done the amendment(s) to the "wiki"? BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.10.00 & kernel 3.8.2-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org