On 11/11/2015 10:24 PM, Emmanuel Kasper wrote:
>> Currently, both the Openstack images and the image built for Azure are
>> using extlinux instead of Grub. I think this is mostly due to a personal
>> preference from Zigo. extlinux works fine but this is a deviation of
>> what a user would expect of a regular Debian installation.
>>
>> Should cloud images be allowed to change the bootloader?
>>
>
> I would say Yes, if there is a documented reason for the change.
>
> I don't know what was the intent of Zigo, but if you need to install a
> bootloader inside a diskimage, it is much less convoluted to do it with
> extlinux than with grub
The intent was to keep things more simple and light weight, which
extlinux does. But I do see now why it wasn't the best idea, because it
prevents it from working well with Xen.
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
> But I do see now why it wasn't the best idea, because it prevents it from working well with Xen.
That and (as I pointed out in my other mail) the fact that apt can't update the configs, since jessie does not have extlinux-update any longer. Have you tried doing a dist-upgrade on those images (where the kernel version actually changes)?