On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:36 PM, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/15/2010 08:05 PM, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Tom H<tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM, JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 10/15/2010 05:27 PM, Tom H wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Frank Murphy<frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> On 15/10/10 22:06, Tom H wrote: >>>>>>>> http://blog.fpmurphy.com/2010/06/upgrading-fedora-13-to-grub2.html >>>>>>> The blog is incorrect. When you install grub2, it sets itself up in >>>>>>> parallel with grub1 (as it does in other distributions). You can then >>>>>>> chainload grub2 from grub1. If you're satisfied that your box can >>>>>>> boot, you can then install gettext and run grub2-install and >>>>>>> grub2-mkconfig to switch over completely to grub2. >>>>>> Some instructions would be nice. >>>>>> I hosed my first attemp using fedoras grub2 pafe. >>>>> First step (chainloaded from grub1): >>>>> yum install grub2 gettext >>>>> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >>>>> >>>>> Reboot and choose "GRUB 2" from the grub1 menu to ensure that the >>>>> chainloading works. The "GRUB 2" entry should load the grub1 >>>>> equivalent of stage 1.5 but located in "/boot/grub2", which should >>>>> then load the grub2 menu. If you're satisfied with the boot, you can >>>>> go to the next stage. >>>>> >>>>> Second step ("full" install): >>>>> grub2-install /dev/sda >>>>> >>>>> (I vaguely remember filing a bug report for grub2 to depend on gettext >>>>> a few months ago.) >>>> Thanx for the head-up Tom. >>>> I think you or some other OP stated that in grub 2 >>>> you cannot manually edit the grub menu (grub2.conf ?? ) >>>> Is this correct? If yes, >>>> how can the user then alter the boot params in the boot menu? >>> You're welcome. >>> >>> You can edit "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" but it'll be overwritten the next >>> time that grub2-mkconfig runs (for example when a new kernel's >>> installed). >>> >>> The boot params can be changed through "/boot/default/grub". This is a >>> default location for changing settings in Debian and Ubuntu so I'd >>> expect Fedora to move it to /etc/sysconfig once/if grub2's fully >>> fleshed out. The variables are GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX AND >>> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT (the former is to set boot params for both >>> the "regular" entry and "recovery" entry). >> I forgot to say that you have to run "grub2-mkconfig -o >> /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to apply these boot params. Debian and Ubuntu >> have an "update-grub" script that runs "grub-mkconfig -o >> /boot/grub/grub.cfg" that may also exist upstream but doesn't exist in >> Fedora. > > So, I have to do run > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > every time a new kernel rpm is installed? > If so, then it is a nasty requirement, because > updates are set to be automatic, but running > this command is not. > If we are at some point forced to switch to grub2, > we have to re-add our boot params to the conf file?? > It sounds like it. > I am not impressed at all. > If fedora wants to gain more user acceptance, > It would seem they should aim at eliminating > unnecessary work for the user/admin instead > of adding more. I haven't used Fedora's grub2 enough to go through a kernel upgrade and be able to tell you whether "grub2-mkconfig..." is run automatically to update "grub.cfg" but given that grub1 updates grub.conf automatically and grub2 on Debian and Ubuntu update grub.cfg automatically, you can be quite confident that Fedora'll make sure that his happens. Someone (I assume that he is affiliated with Fedora or Red Hat) listed some enhancements that Fedora'll have to make before grub2 becomes more than a something to test. I guess that we can add to his list the automatic update of grub.cfg and the migration of the grub1 boot params when grub2 is installed on a box that had grub1 already installed. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
