Re: dracut/grubby fails to update grub.cfg

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 21.10.2014 03:26, Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
> On Oct 20, 2014, at 8:53 PM, poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 20.10.2014 17:14, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The bug is in grubby, which is what's called from within kernel packages to update bootloader configuration scripts: GRUB legacy, GRUB2, syslinux, yaboot, and probably a bunch of other bootloaders are all supported by grubby. It looks at the existing "old" kernel entry to use as a guide for inserting a new entry for the new kernel. It fails because it doesn't understand subvolumes.
>>
>> Are you sure it supports GRUB Legacy, 'cause in Rawhide after the kernel upgrade there's no new entrance in /boot/grub/grub.conf.
> 
> Bug? Grubby has supported grub legacy since the beginning as far as I know. Certainly going back to Fedora 12 at least.


"Bug" came from Miller, not from me. :)
Actually I don't mind GRUB Legacy isn't supported, config is quite simple, the same as with the extlinux.
Why the GRUB(2) is used on BIOS machines, at all?


> 
>> Besides it's called extlinux, not a syslinux.
> 
> I'm using the universally accepted grandfather name of syslinux which encompasses extlinux and isolinux.
> 
> Chris Murphy
> 

-- 
users mailing list
users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org




[Index of Archives]     [Older Fedora Users]     [Fedora Announce]     [Fedora Package Announce]     [EPEL Announce]     [EPEL Devel]     [Fedora Magazine]     [Fedora Summer Coding]     [Fedora Laptop]     [Fedora Cloud]     [Fedora Advisory Board]     [Fedora Education]     [Fedora Security]     [Fedora Scitech]     [Fedora Robotics]     [Fedora Infrastructure]     [Fedora Websites]     [Anaconda Devel]     [Fedora Devel Java]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora Fonts]     [Fedora Marketing]     [Fedora Management Tools]     [Fedora Mentors]     [Fedora Package Review]     [Fedora R Devel]     [Fedora PHP Devel]     [Kickstart]     [Fedora Music]     [Fedora Packaging]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Fedora Legal]     [Fedora Kernel]     [Fedora OCaml]     [Coolkey]     [Virtualization Tools]     [ET Management Tools]     [Yum Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Gnome Users]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Art]     [Fedora Docs]     [Fedora Sparc]     [Libvirt Users]     [Fedora ARM]

  Powered by Linux