Bug 755270 - No recovery mode in boot-menu after kernel update
Summary: No recovery mode in boot-menu after kernel update
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grub2
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
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Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
: 755411 756485 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-20 09:08 UTC by arturj
Modified: 2011-11-25 16:22 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-11-22 19:37:53 UTC
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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.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


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. ***


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