Grub bug in final release of 11.4.

English Install/Boot/Login
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If you plan on making a clean install of 11.4 on a machine containing other
Linux systems, it’ll be worth keeping a copy of /boot/grub/menu.lst. See
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675224 for details.

–
Graham Davis, Bracknell, UK.

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Hi
Noticed that, but I always edit mine anyway to just load the other boot
partitions menu.lst via the configfile command anyway to avoid changes
due to kernel upgrades.

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.32.27-0.2-default
up 11 days 11:00, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.04, 0.02
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 260.19.26

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I see a bunch of posts about this one in the next month or so.

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If the correction referenced in the bug did not, in fact, make it into the “final” 11.4, perhaps this item is candidate for a sticky with large capitals saying “WARNING”.

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Yes, let’s see what the first few days brings.

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Actually, there is nothing new here.
Thru 11.4 development grub always picked up windows, but it didn’t pick up my Tumbleweed install. And, at least in my case, I find openSUSE rarely picks up either other openSUSE installs or Linux generally.
But I always edit grub manually post install anyway.

I have run 2 installs already (kde and gnome) of 11.4 final and it’s lovely.

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On Friday 04 Mar 2011 21:06, caf4926 scribbled:

> Actually, there is nothing new here.
> Thru 11.4 development grub always picked up windows, but it didn’t pick
> up my Tumbleweed install. And, at least in my case, I find openSUSE
> rarely picks up either other openSUSE installs or Linux generally.
> But I always edit grub manually post install anyway.

In my case, Grub picked up other systems, be they Windows or openSUSE,
through the milestones but missed Windows in RC1. The fix for that in RC2
screwed recognition of openSUSE. As an ageing ex-programmer, I recognise
this behaviour all too well. :wink:

–
Graham Davis, Bracknell, UK.

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but I always edit mine anyway to just load the other boot
partitions menu.lst via the configfile command anyway to avoid changes
due to kernel upgrades.

@Malcom: I would be very interested in this, never heard about this possibility. Could you elaborate (or pm me) to tell me how this works? Or is there a howto available that I should be aware of? I would be grateful for further information.
Cheers.

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Looks like this

title openSUSE 11.3
root (hd0,7)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
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Thank you!