Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 174360
Feature req.: "lilo -R" for grub - set boot option for next reboot only
Last modified: 2008-03-09 21:07:39 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Opera/8.5 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Description of problem: On a multi-boot system it is nice to be able to say "lilo -R 'image'; reboot" This is not possible with the shipped version of grub. This is described and fixed in http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=1241 --- QUOTE FROM lilo(8) man page --- -R command line This option sets the default command for the boot loader the next time it executes. The boot loader will then erase this line: this is a once-only command. It is typically used in reboot scripts, just before calling `shutdown -r'. Used without any arguments, it will cancel a lock- ed or fallback command line. --- END OF QUOTE --- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub-0.95-13 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: n/a Additional info: This appears to have been fixed in CVS. I have not tried or tested it, but it seems easy enough to get a newer version.
This would be very useful for any kernel upgrade. I would suggest even that after a kernel upgrade if the boot fails to fallback to the las know good config.
This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd. Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and either update the target product or close it ? Thanks.
Fedora Core 4 is no longer maintained. Setting status to "INSUFFICIENT_DATA". If you can reproduce this bug in the current Fedora release, please reopen this bug and assign it to the corresponding Fedora version.