49eb9d2678
- new upstream version 2.02~beta3
* highlights of user visible changes not yet present in openSUSE package
- arm-uboot now generates position independent self relocating image, so
single binary should run on all supported systems
- loader for Xen on aarch64. grub-mkconfig support was not in time for
beta3 yet.
- improved ZFS support (extensible_dataset, large_blocks, embedded_data,
hole_birth features)
- support for IPv6 Router Advertisements
- support for persistent memory (we do not overwrite it and pass correct
information to OS)
- try to display more specific icons for os-prober generated menu entries
- grub-install detects EFI bit size and selects correct platform (x86_64-efi
or i386-efi) independent of OS bit size; needs kernel 4.0 or higher.
- LVM RAID1 support
- xnu loader fixes which should make OS X menu entry generated by os-prober
work again
- ... and lot of fixes over entire tree
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/362771
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/grub2?expand=0&rev=205
Using GNU GRUB 2 in openSUSE
============================
Though GRUB 2 provides various feature enhancements over previous GRUB
version (referred to as "GRUB", or "GRUB Legacy"), it did not reach its
stability and feature completness yet, and thus is not ready to replace
it for the whole user base. This package is primarily intended to
encourage testing and accelerate distribution integration.
It is generally safe to install the package. It is able to co-exist with
existing GRUB installation and adds itself to the GRUB menu upon
installation, so you'll able to select GRUB 2 from GRUB menu during
the boot.
Utilities
---------
The GRUB 2 utilities are prefixed (or postfixed) with 'grub2':
grub2-editenv
grub2-mkimage
grub2-mkelfimage
grub2-mkrescue
grub2-emu
grub2-install
grub2-mkdevicemap
grub2-probe
grub2-setup
update-grub2
Documentation
-------------
The GRUB 2 lacks documentation. While you are encouraged to contribute
the documentation, you can use the GRUB 2 Wiki [1] as primary source of
information pertaining to this development snapshot.
[1] http://grub.enbug.org/
If you intend to install grub2 as your primary boot loader refer to
the GRUB 2 Wiki for information on how to set it up.
Support channels
----------------
If you find a bug in this package, report them to the openSUSE Bugzilla [2].
[2] http://bugzilla.novell.com/
Installation
------------
There is not yet any support in openSUSE to configure and install
grub2. To install it for the first time, run (replace /dev/sdaX with
your boot partition or use /dev/sda for the MBR):
# grub2-install --no-floppy /dev/sdaX
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
To just update the configuration after the kernel changes, run
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
For testing, you might want to pass --grub-setup=/bin/true to
grub2-install - this way, grub2 is not setup in the MBR and you can
use grub to chainload a grub2 configuration.
In the grub menu.lst, just add (after changing the hd0,1 parameter):
title GNU GRUB 2 -- openSUSE 12.1 - GNU GRUB 2
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/grub2/core.img
Warning
-------
Currently, perl-Bootloader does not support grub2 as bootloader.
Therefore you need to run the following after each kernel change:
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg