Bug 168943

Summary: Bootloader config should get its values from the bootloader
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 10.2 Reporter: Michael Stather <kontakt>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Olaf Dabrunz <odabrunz>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact: Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P5 - None CC: jplack
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Description Michael Stather 2006-04-24 19:45:41 UTC 
The bootloader config should get it´s configuration from the bootloader directly rather than from config files. If you have other versions of linux installed this leads to a conflict if you change the bootloader settings with another version.
The bootloader module should display the values of the currently installed bootloader and provide an ability to change them.
Also IMHO LILO as bootloader should be dropped. It doesn´t have any advantages over GRUB apart from that it doesn´t work reliably after e.g. a kernel upgrade.
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-04-25 13:52:27 UTC 
Setting to Enhancement. Sounds like a good idea.
About LILO: This is another debate, you might File another Enhancement for that.
Comment 2 Michael Stather 2006-04-25 16:55:36 UTC 
Dropping LILO is only a good idea if further enhancements like this are made, so that you don´t have to support multiple bootloaders.
Comment 3 Joachim Plack 2007-10-12 08:37:42 UTC 
Idea will be included apropriately into Code11 Bootloader environment structure