On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:18:46 +0200 Petter Reinholdtsen <p...@hungry.com> wrote:
> [Neil Williams] > > If you agree that Grub2 support is a viable fix for the issue behind > > this bug, please feel free to close this bug. > > If it work, I agree that it is a sensible fix for the FreedomBox. > > But I believe the extlinux support will still need to handle kernel > upgrades, for those using that setup. :) Perhaps it should be dropped > when switching to grub? I didn't make that clear. If grub2 installs and configures cleanly (versions in jessie and later), then extlinux is not configured by vmdebootstrap. If grub2 needs manual installation after booting the VM with syslinux (using update-grub ; grub-install /dev/sda) then that manual stage can also include disabling / removing / purging syslinux support as the user sees fit. Please try the version of vmdebootstrap now in the master branch at git.liw.fi. > > Note that grub2 at the version in wheezy currently has problems with > > loop devices which means that grub2 support in vmdebootstrap for > > wheezy requires the VM to be booted (with extlinux) and grub2 setup > > completed manually. After this point, grub2 takes over managing > > kernel updates etc. > > Oh. :( I would prefer to be able to build FreedomBox images in Wheezy, > as that I what I am using. But it is not too bad it if only work in > Jessie. :) It's not *where* the images are built that matters. It is the distribution of the VM which matters, i.e. the version of grub installed inside the VM. The base system has no effect on this (i.e. grub does not need to be installed on the system running vmdebootstrap). The only limitation is that if the VM is based on Wheezy, then the version of grub in wheezy will need some manual intervention to switch it to grub. Please also look at the examples scripts in the current upstream as these include support which now duplicates some of the freedombox scripting. I'm currently investigating how best to manage u-boot installation for a variety of boards. Support for boards not included in the current examples can be contributed as discrete customisation scripts for that specific board but testing those examples would be up to the contributor. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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