grub2

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#1

grub2 from repositories/home:/a_jaeger:/branches:/openSUSE:/Factory/Factory_snapshot

grub2 rpm

when i stall the grub2 rpm what will happen?

Do i get grub2 the same as grub1 without editing the grub2 config files

If so can i change the 640x480 resolution to 1920x1080 ?

will my system 64bit dmraid 11.2 etx4 grub1 on mbr
boot the same way as grub1

will yast then support grub2?

#2

No Yast will not support it.

I would avoid this plan if I were you.
I wouldn’t do it and I just wrote an article on Grub2 for Linux Format Magazine, so I’m not entirely lacking in knowledge on the subject. Grub2 works really quite differently to Grub Legacy.

#3

Do i get grub2 the same as grub1 without editing the grub2 config files

After running ‘update-grub’, I still have to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg to fix some bugs.

If so can i change the 640x480 resolution to 1920x1080 ?

You can try in you edit the GRUB_GFXMODE parameter in /etc/default/grub. Caution with vesa mode! The vga=xxx kernel paramater is deprecated and ‘half’ supported : works with decimal values but behaves strangely with hex values. For example, I have to change 0x31a (used by openSUSE) into 794.

will yast then support grub2?

No. But if you can spare a partition for a minimal Ubuntu (9.10), you will have Grub2. Grub2 and openSUSE Grub can chainload each other when installed in different bootsectors.

#4

I know this is not directly related to the current discussion but will grub2 solve the (very, very) slow boot time on 11.2?

Bruce

#5

How could it?
If your boot time is slow, you have other probelms.
Try hitting Esc. during boot to get verbose and watch the messages, see if you can spot any obvious problem areas.

#6

Slow boot, check this thread.

No doubt Grub 2 is the future. I’ve read the web site. Changing the boot loader (from Grub legacy to Grub 2) seems like a lot to go through with OpenSUSE 11.2 distribution. I’m curious, will Grub 2 fix a problem or provide a required feature. Why not wait until OpenSUSE makes it official.

grub 2 FAQ -

  1. What is the status of GRUB 2?
    It is usable, but we are still making incompatible changes from time to time.
#7

Grub2 fixes some problemes and brings new ones.

+

  • booting ext4
  • booting raid cleaner
  • booting some BSD kernels directly (it doesn’t work)
  • updating menu entries for you (doesn’t parse some menu.lst, like Mandriva’s, correctly, doesn’t like some vesa modes, like a couple ones found in openSUSE’s menu.lst)

-

  • removed some essential features (like partnew, which allows to rewrite partition tables entries before booting. It could be useful in some cases)

I hope in future releases openSUSE will not impose Grub2 but rather let you chose between legacy Grub and Grub2 during setup. IMHO that would be the most clever.

#8

F YOU! ,
Refer users to GRUB2 suse configuration page who want it
supported, unsupported

#9

F YOU! ,
Refer users to GRUB2 suse configuration page who want it
supported, unsupported

Explanation ?
Why your first line ?

#10

Maybe some variant of Tourette syndrome.

#11

Maybe some variant of Tourette syndrome.

That probably covers it!