#5880: update to pv-grub aki used in EC2

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5880: update to pv-grub aki used in EC2
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 Reporter:  mattdm           |       Owner:  rel-eng@…
     Type:  task             |      Status:  new
Milestone:  Fedora 21 Alpha  |   Component:  other
 Keywords:                   |  Blocked By:
 Blocking:                   |
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 * '''What:''' We are currently using old boot images with pv grub 1.02 --
 newer versions at
 http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/UserProvidedKernels.html
 * '''Where:'''
 https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/releng/tree/scripts/cloud/fedora_ec2.py
 * '''Why:''' new version allows GPT partitions, works with both
 unpartioned and partitioned, would allow us to use a separate /boot if we
 want to change the filesystem for / in the future; also new version has
 bugfixes
 * '''When:''' F21 alpha; prereq of using whole-disk images

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5880: update to pv-grub aki used in EC2
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  Reporter:  mattdm           |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  Fedora 21 Alpha  |  Component:  other
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Comment (by arg):

I worked with oddshocks on this a little bit yesterday, and wanted to
 capture my understanding of the situation here.  The current process for
 uploading Fedora AMIs is to write a _filesystem_ to an EBS volume (this is
 according to a conversation with dgilmore last night).  While the new
 pvgrub works with both unpartitioned and partitioned devices, the required
 grub.conf differs between these scenarios.  Our current kickstart (
 https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spin-kickstarts.git/tree/fedora-cloud-
 base.ks ) specifically writes "root (hd0)" in grub.conf, which will only
 work will a volume containing a filesystem.  If the volume contains a
 partitioned disk image, this must be "root (hd0,0)" instead.

Since the "why" of this issue mentions GPT partitions and possibly
 separating /boot, I suspect that we want to change the F21 kickstart to
 use "root (hd0,0)" and start uploading full disk images as part of this.

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5880: update to pv-grub aki used in EC2
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  Reporter:  mattdm           |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  Fedora 21 Alpha  |  Component:  other
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Comment (by kevin):

Is there a status here?

Did this get done for f21? Is there any releng work that still needs to be
 done here?

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5880: update to pv-grub aki used in EC2
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  Reporter:  mattdm           |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  closed
 Milestone:  Fedora 21 Alpha  |  Component:  other
Resolution:  invalid          |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Changes (by ausil):

* status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid

Comment:

Cloud image handlinga nd registration is no longer managed by releng.
 there is not anything we can do here.