> Subject: Re: grub2 > > Hi, > My experience with kernel installs in a grub 2 environment is that > I have to always manually run grub2-mkconfig and grub2-install as the > kernel install wants to run Gruby to update the grub configuration and > on my system, from Fedora 17 onwards, Gruby always fails with > authorisation issues even though all O/S updates are run under sudo with > full admin access. So my question would be, are you grub issues as a > result of the kernel install running Gruby rather than grub2-mkconfig?
Hello, The issue appears after I cloned a the boot and / partitions. > > regards, > Steve > > On 05/05/2014 08:39 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Chris Murphy > >> Sent: 05/05/14 07:35 AM > >> To: Community support for Fedora users > >> Subject: Re: grub2 > >> > >> On May 4, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> After the installation of a new kernel (typically during an update). > >>> There is a change of the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. > >>> > >>> However, the new menuentry created is not correct. > >>> The new one includes > >>> linux /vmlinuz-3.14.2-200.fc20.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/VolGrpSys_DK1-root > >>> which wrong. > >>> I can change it manually. > >>> > >>> I cannot guess where the information is found! > >>> the > >>> set root='lvm/VolGrpSys_DK1-root' > >>> > >>> is correct > >> The first one looks correct, the second one doesn't. Can you either post > >> the entire grub.cfg, or you can also edit an older entry and check what > >> root= it uses. For any rootfs on LVM, I expect root=/dev/mapper/VG-LV. > >> When updating the kernel, it calls grubby, which should just create a new > >> entry based on a previous entry only updating the name of the kernel and > >> initramfs accordingly. I haven't seen it change the root entry. > >> > >> The other thing you can do is create a new grub.cfg from scratch by using > >> > >> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > >> > >> This is the same command the installer used when Fedora was installed. > >> > > Thank you for the information. > > When I run grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.test > > the generated file is correct. > > I am not able to reproduce manually what happens during the 2 last kernal > > updates. > > I will check again after the next update. > > > > =========================================================================== > > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > > Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | > > Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | > > Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 > > 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France > > =========================================================================== =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France =========================================================================== -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
