Grubby gets confused when adding a new kernel entry to yaboot.conf when existing kernel entries individually specify partition. What happens is all of the 'partition=' lines are removed from the individual kernel entries and collected together near the top to the file below the 'magicboot=' line. For example, # yaboot.conf generated by anaconda boot=/dev/sdb2 ofboot=/pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3D@14/@1:2 init-message=Welcome to Fedora Core!\nHit <TAB> for boot options timeout=80 install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot delay=5 enablecdboot enableofboot enablenetboot macosx=/pci@f2000000/ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL3D@14/@2:3 magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot partition=3 partition=3 partition=3 partition=7 ... Note: I am running three SCSI disks, each with a different OS. The partition specifier in each kernel entry is absolutely necessary. -Joseph
This issue persists in the latest version of rawhide as of 4Jan07 -Joseph
Moving to mkinitrd where grubby lives
The problem persists as of 4July07. -Joseph
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
This bug has been in NEEDINFO for more than 30 days since feedback was first requested. As a result we are closing it. If you can reproduce this bug in the future against a maintained Fedora version please feel free to reopen it against that version. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp