Bug#413263: Proposed release goal: Switch to GRUB2

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 25-04-2007 om 10:54 schreef Otavio Salvador:
> stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers) writes:
> > My advice to make that switch (and switch back) more easy,
> > is to implement a "bootselector".

"bootloaderselector".


> You mean for the both grub and grub2?
> 
> Well, we want to reduce the grub usage and then this shouldn't looks
> to be the best way of doing it.

The "bootloaderselector" supports trancient for one bootloader to another.


This is a part from DI-ROOT/installer/doc/devel/menu-item-numbers.txt

| 7000 -> 8000 Post-base-install
| 7000 apt-setup
|      pkgsel
| 7300 palo-installer (hppa)
|      grub-installer (i386)
|      yaboot-installer (powerpc/powermac_newworld, powerpc/chrp*)
|      quik-installer (powerpc/powermac_oldworld)
|      zipl-installer (s390)
|      arcboot-installer (mips)
|      delo-installer (mipsel)
|      silo-installer (sparc)
|      vmelilo-installer (m68k/vme*)
|      glantank-installer (arm/iop32x)
| 7500 lilo-installer (i386)
| 7600 elilo-installer (ia64, i386)
| 7700 nobootloader (all)
| 7800 finish-install


With grub2 and "bootloaderselector" this will become

| 7000 -> 8000 Post-base-install
| 7000 apt-setup
|      pkgsel
+ 7200 bootloaderselector (all)
. 7500 palo-installer (hppa)
|      grub-installer (i386)
+      grub2-installer (i386,amd64,powerpc,...)
|      yaboot-installer (powerpc/powermac_newworld, powerpc/chrp*)
|      quik-installer (powerpc/powermac_oldworld)
|      zipl-installer (s390)
|      arcboot-installer (mips)
|      delo-installer (mipsel)
|      silo-installer (sparc)
|      vmelilo-installer (m68k/vme*)
|      glantank-installer (arm/iop32x)
.      lilo-installer (i386)
.      elilo-installer (ia64, i386)
.      nobootloader (all)
| 7800 finish-install


So all installers at the same menu-item-number.

The one selected by "bootloaderselector" will be installed.


Cheers
Geert Stappers