On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Vi, 08 apr 11, 09:56:43, Joel Rees wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > You can set GRUB_DEFAULT to the complete name of an entry, then you >> > won't have to worry about reordering. >> >> Well, I was thinking about that, but the names of the kernels change >> whenever the kernel is upgraded. This is actually the biggest problem >> with trying to have one boot manager to rule them all. > > This has not been my experience with Debian, can you give an example?
Well, for instance, I had the bfo kernel in /boot in my f13 install, and then I removed it, but the entry in the bootloader for debain remained until I did an update-grub from the command line in the debian install. Sure, when debian updates its kernel, dpkg (I assume) will know to re-run update-grub or call the lower level routines directly. But when I run yum update in Fedora, how does debian know about that? So, I have to watch the packages yum grabs in fedora, and when it grabs a new kernel, I have to remember to boot into debian and run update-grub there before I let fedora boot again, or my attempt to re-boot fedora with the new kernel will be foiled by debian's grub. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
