PR#677: Describes issue #639 - fedora-docs/release-notes

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#677 Describes issue #639

Closed 2 years ago by pbokoc. Opened 3 years ago by quiet.

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Describes iss639

Jaroslav Klech • 3 years ago

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		`[[select-distribution]]`
		`= Distribution-wide Changes`
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		`+ == Unify the location of GRUB configuration files across all supported CPU architectures`
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		`+ This change simplifies the GRUB configuration file, improves overall user experience, and also provides the following notable benefits:`
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		`+ * Allow the same installation to be booted with either EFI or legacy BIOS`
		`+ * Use the same documentation and commands for all architectures`
		`+ * Make GRUB configuration tools more robust by not relying on symbolic links to be created and not having to handle platform specific cases`
		`+ * Align with images generated by CoreOS Assembler (COSA) and OSBuild on how the GRUB configuration files are used`
		`+ * Align with other Linux distributions on how the GRUB configuration files are used`

quiet commented 3 years ago

Describes issue #639

quiet commented 3 years ago

Hello @javierm,

could you please review my draft for a release note of Changes/UnifyGrubConfig?

Thanks,

javierm commented 3 years ago

@quiet looks good to me. Thanks!

BTW, I think that https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Create_a_GRUB_2_configuration will need to be updated too.

chrismurphy commented 3 years ago

We should add a warning that /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg is a special stub file that forwards to the real grub.cfg in /boot/grub2/ and it should not be replaced. The proper command to refresh grub.cfg on any firmware type is grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg For making routine changes to boot parameters and default kernel, it is recommended to use the grubby utility.

chrismurphy commented 3 years ago

quiet commented 3 years ago

@quiet looks good to me. Thanks!

BTW, I think that https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Create_a_GRUB_2_configuration will need to be updated too.

@pbokoc should i try to take care of that?

pbokoc commented 2 years ago

Looks good to me; if anyone has anything to add, please open an issue or a PR, or just ping me on IRC.

Merged locally due to conflicts.

@quiet If you want to then go right ahead :) You should have wikiedit permissions. If you don't have permissions, or if you don't have time to fix it on wiki, then ping me and I'll handle it.

Pull-Request has been closed by pbokoc

2 years ago

quiet commented 2 years ago

We should add a warning that /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg is a special stub file that forwards to the real grub.cfg in /boot/grub2/ and it should not be replaced. The proper command to refresh grub.cfg on any firmware type is grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg For making routine changes to boot parameters and default kernel, it is recommended to use the grubby utility.

@chrismurphy

I think I will use your ticket issue #352 as a source of instructions on what needs to be done. Because /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg file is only in Fedora 33 and older. Therefore in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Create_a_GRUB_2_configuration, we would have to produce content specific to Fedora 34, and content specific to older versions.