On Sep 13, 2014, at 7:25 AM, Gene Czarcinski <gczarcinski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/12/2014 08:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> On Sep 10, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Tom Horsley<horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> >On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:16:18 -0400 >>> >Gene Czarcinski wrote: >>> > >>>> >>Personally, I do not use os-prober and prefer to create >>>> >>/etc/grub.d/40_custom files which use configfile to "chain-load" other >>>> >>configuration files. >>> > >>> >Me too, which is why I really really wish I could tell anaconda >>> >to create the grub2 directory and cfg file, but not try to actually >>> >install grub and screw around with the MBR and such. >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886502 >> >> Skip the 35 comments. The first two lines of the description contain the entire point. All that needs to happen for bootloader=no is insert '--grub-setup=/bin/true' as an option for grub2-install. It's actually simplifying the code path than what we currently have because everything else stays exactly the same as when bootloader=yes; and --grub-setup=/bin/true is the upstream recommended practice for this use case. So it's already well tested. >> >> It really can be fixed for Fedora 21. We know what fix is needed, and it's safe. So someone who cares about this, who knows a bit of python, should put together a patch per this: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/ReviewProcess >> >> And then also propose that bug for Fedora 21 beta freeze exception. It's virtually certain it'd pass. I mean, it probably could be incorporated without a freeze exception if it goes in before beta freeze (?) but then at least it's on a list and has some extra attention. It's a 2 year old bug, let's squash it. >> > Maybe this discussion should be moved over to the anaconda-devel-list. > > Anyway, now that you have a tested way to get grub2 installed and configured but *not* in the MBR, it is just a SMOP to implement [SMPO => Small Matter Of Programming:-) ] > > I think it is a bit more than that ... how do we *specify* that we do not what the MBR updated. The simplest way I could think of is to use an anaconda boot option similar to using "extlinux" for anaconda to install extlinux rather than grub2. Maybe "nombr" or "nombrupdate"? This would be a simple way to specify it and have things work for kickstart and non-kickstart installs. None of the above. The specification that we do not want the MBR updated is already in the anaconda UI by telling it to not install the bootloader. A boot parameter isn't needed. Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
