On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 4:36 PM Thomas Goirand <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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) > > > But I do see now why it wasn't the best idea, because it prevents it from working well with Xen. That and (as I pointed out in my other mail) the fact that apt can't update the configs, since jessie does not have extlinux-update any longer. Have you tried doing a dist-upgrade on those images (where the kernel version actually changes)? -- Anders Ingemann
