Bug#1102604: rescue-mode: Provide rootfs subvolume selection menu
On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:54:13PM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
>to 29.5.2025 klo 12.28 Steve McIntyre (steve@einval.com) kirjoitti:
>>
>> The same background image (the Trixie artwork) is used by both GRUB
>> and isolinux on the installer images.
>
>I don't mean the background image. I mean the layout. Previous DI had
>an obvious GRUB menu in UEFI mode. This one looks like an ISOLINUX
>boot screen at first glance.
Nod. I added grub theming to remove the typical grub style way back in
2012, and then included the "UEFI installer menu" text so we can tell
whether we're in BIOS (isolinux) or UEFI (GRUB) easily.
>> Checking back in the history of this bug, I should respond for
>> clarity. We *always* use GRUB for UEFI boot in d-i on x86
>> machines. That has been a constant since very early on in the Jessie
>> release cycle.
>>
>> >whereas the same GRUB on disk doesn't (but systemd-boot does).
>>
>> which suggests there is a config issue or similar causing problems there.
>>
>> How exactly do things fail for you on the installed system please? If
>> you haven't done so already, please open a new bug with all the
>> details.
>
>See #1102160.
ACK, thanks. I'll take a look at that shortly.
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