Bug 181952 - menu.lst is being hacked via each distro's commerical
Summary: menu.lst is being hacked via each distro's commerical
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-02-17 21:58 UTC by Darwin H. Webb
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-02-24 04:59:51 UTC
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Description Darwin H. Webb 2006-02-17 21:58:35 UTC
Description of problem:
menu.lst is changed by each disto and causes errors and confusion for other
disto boot ups.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
.95, .97

How reproducible:
Whenever

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
color changes, format changes, ESC key, timer, splash screens garbled, no boot
to non-default

Expected results:
a black and white lsit of my system installations with timer clicking down, the
"press ESC key' message during grub load at the bottom of screen as if it were
part of the boot up process and not the disto.

Additional info:

Comment 3 Peter Jones 2006-02-24 04:59:51 UTC
Really, this could only be a problem if you're sharing /boot between more than
one distro or installation, and that will simply not *ever* work reliably. 
Don't do that.

Comment 4 Darwin H. Webb 2006-02-27 18:16:51 UTC
The boot processes are not shared, but grub must share the menu at some point,
wheather it be all titles on one menu or chained. Just don't screw with the menu
as if your distro is the onnly one that owns the grub menu.

Darwin


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