zypper dup kills efi boot

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The system has two efi boots:

hofkirchen:~ # efibootmgr 
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001
Boot0000* opensuse
Boot0001* opensuse.rescue
hofkirchen:~ #

Whenever zypper dup updates the kernel all entries get removed but Boot0000* opensuse. Any idea how to preserve existing boots?

2

I suppose you can report that as a bug.

I think when grub2-efi is reinstalled, the script that is used removes any boot entries with “opensuse”, and that’s what’s causing the problem. Whether it should do that – probably not.

I am using “opensuse” and “betasuse” for my two entries. And “betasuse” is not being removed, so that works for me as a backup boot entry. I have not needed to use that backup for a long time. Hmm, maybe I should test it more often than I do.

3

Who is to blame? pbl?

I am using “opensuse” and “betasuse” for my two entries. And “betasuse” is not being removed, so that works for me as a backup boot entry. I have not needed to use that backup for a long time. Hmm, maybe I should test it more often than I do.
Now I use:


hofkirchen:~ # efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0001,0000
Boot0000* default
Boot0001* backup
Boot0002* opensuse
hofkirchen:~ #

Yast > Boot loader now refreshes opensuse, but keeps off from default and backup. Resetting boot order is less error prone than creating the boots again.

4

Yes, using “backup” as your alternative name will avoid the issue.