Bug 755270

Summary:	No recovery mode in boot-menu after kernel update
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	arturj <artur>
Component:	grub2	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	bugzilla, dennis, ferrazrafael, mads, pjones
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Description arturj 2011-11-20 09:08:56 UTC

Description of problem:
MY boot-menu has only one recovery mode entry for the first stock fedora 16 kernel. All newer kernels installed via yum update have no recovery mode entries.

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How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora 16 and verify boot-menu (should contain one kernel with recovery mode)
2. Run yum update (should install a newer kernel)
3. Check once again the boot-menu. New kernel has no recovery mode
  
Actual results:
No recovery mode in boot-menu for updated kernels

Expected results:
Each kernel should have a recovery mode in boot-menu. E.g. 3 kernels should have 6 entries in the boot-menu (one for normal operation one for recovery mode)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mads Kiilerich 2011-11-22 19:37:53 UTC

The lack of recovery entries is not a bug.

It could be considered a bug that recovery entries are created at all - see bug 751898.

Comment 2 Mads Kiilerich 2011-11-22 19:44:43 UTC

*** Bug 755411 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 arturj 2011-11-23 06:49:39 UTC

Recovery modes are present in all major distros for a long time now and since Fedora 16 its becoming a bug? 751898 states this as well and boot-menu passwords are the only real solution along with disk-encryption to secure your OS from unauthorized access (like booting from a live-cd or USB and mounting your harddisk). Could someone advice how to configure "back" recovery-option if its still considered as a bug so the will show up after each kernel update automatically?

Comment 4 Mads Kiilerich 2011-11-23 11:21:54 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> Recovery modes are present in all major distros for a long time now and since
> Fedora 16 its becoming a bug?

That is not correct.

Recovery or not is discussed on bug 751898 - that is where you should comment if you want to influence anything.

Comment 5 Mads Kiilerich 2011-11-25 16:22:51 UTC

*** Bug 756485 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***