Hi, On Tue, 01.09.2009 at 11:28:55 +0200, Thomas Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: > In my opinion, fai should be able to support both options. I don't mind > the default behaviour, as long as I'm able to change it to my needs.
it should imho just be better documented what to do, and where. > Use cases that come to mind: > > - single disk / single os -> one bootloader > - multiple disk / single os -> raid configuration -> one bootloader on all disks > - multiple disk / single os -> separate system and data disk -> one bootloader (I don't "boot" from data disks) > - multiple disks / multiple os -> OS select via grub > - multiple disks / multiple os -> OS select via bios Options that imply changing BIOS settings are imho outside the scope of FAI. FAI also has no easy way to learn how BIOS reconfigurations might have changed the drive enumeration, and from my perspective, pulling drives and re-inserting them into different slots is in the same realm as is fiddling with BIOS settings. > - no bootloader at all This is imho also outside of the problem space of how to install a bood loader, and it is, afaik, easy to do with the current state of the software, too. > Also chosing between installing the bootloader in the mbr or in a > partition is a nice feature to keep. I have no objections here. The general problem seems to be that installing a boot loader and arriving at a working system is not as robust as might be desirable. At least I would be glad if I could solve this problem first. ;-} Kind regards, --Toni++
