Fedora 17, not possible to add kernel parameters to GRUB 2

[Bill Davidsen]

G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
> On 07/01/2012 08:42 PM, agraham wrote:
>>
>> F17 must be the only linux distribution in history in which you cannot edit
>> kernel parameters from the boot menu.
>>
> I've actually run into this bug, but I found with a little exploration that it's
> just a misplacement
> of the cursor.  If you let the cursor be a line or so below the "linux" line and
> hit the "end" key
> it will "logically" be the right place, but the cursor isn't in the right place,
> and one *can* change
> the kernel parameters.
>
Exactly so. The problem is a simple (curses?) issue, the edit works fine.

> grub-2.00-rc1 is in the GNU repo, and it fixes most of the problems. robatino is
> tracking
> the development and I hope the rc1 gomes in an update soon.
>
> After yumming in the beta6 rpm, don't forget to grub2-install /dev/sd<x> to
> actually replace
> the grub2 code on the disk.
>


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