On 11/11/2015 10:24 PM, Emmanuel Kasper wrote: >> Currently, both the Openstack images and the image built for Azure are >> using extlinux instead of Grub. I think this is mostly due to a personal >> preference from Zigo. extlinux works fine but this is a deviation of >> what a user would expect of a regular Debian installation. >> >> Should cloud images be allowed to change the bootloader? >> > > I would say Yes, if there is a documented reason for the change. > > I don't know what was the intent of Zigo, but if you need to install a > bootloader inside a diskimage, it is much less convoluted to do it with > extlinux than with grub
The intent was to keep things more simple and light weight, which extlinux does. But I do see now why it wasn't the best idea, because it prevents it from working well with Xen. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
