Bootloader installation and configuration |
include/bootloader/routines/misc-common.ycp |
Miscelaneous functions for bootloader configuration and installation | |
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This module has an unstable interface. |
return printable name of bootloader
- Parameters:
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bootloader string bootloader type internal string mode symbol `combo or `summary (because of capitalization)
- Return value:
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printable bootloader name
Get value of specified boolean bootloader attribute
- Parameters:
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attrib string attribute name
- Return value:
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value of attribute
Get value of specified bootloader attribute
- Parameters:
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attrib string attribute name defaultv any default value of the attribute (if not found)
- Return value:
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value of attribute
Update the text of countdown widget
- Parameters:
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bootloader string printable name of used bootloader
Get the list of installed floppy drives
- Return value:
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a list of floppy devices
converts array of string to path
- Parameters:
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strs list of string
- Return value:
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whose components are taken from strs
Function remap device map to device name (/dev/sda) or to label (ufo_disk)
- Parameters:
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device_map
- Return value:
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new device map
Function remap globals settings "boot_custom" device name (/dev/sda) or to label (ufo_partition)
- Parameters:
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globals_set
- Return value:
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globals
Function remap "resume" from section (append) to device name (/dev/sda) or to label (ufo_partition)
- Parameters:
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append
- Return value:
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sections
Function remap measure in section to autoyast format
- Parameters:
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measure
- Return value:
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list of measures for autoyast format
Function remap measure in section from autoyast format
- Parameters:
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measure
- Return value:
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map of measures
Function remap section "root" and "resume" to device name (/dev/sda) or to label (ufo_partition)
- Parameters:
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sec
- Return value:
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list of sections
Function remap section "root" and "resume" to device name (/dev/sda) or to label (ufo_partition) it also prepared measured files for export
- Parameters:
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sec
- Return value:
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list of sections
Returns list of partitions with "mount by" hints. Goes through the list of partitions passed as a parameter and creates a list of partitions with hints according to the current partitioning requested from yast2-storage. To be used in a combobox or menu.
- Parameters:
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parts_to_get list partitions to list
- Return value:
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a list of strings containing a partition name and a hint (if applicable)
Returns list of partitions. Requests current partitioning from yast2-storage and creates list of partition for combobox, menu or other purpose.
- Parameters:
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type symbol `boot - for bootloader installation `root - for kernel root `boot_other - for bootable partitions of other systems `all - all partitions `parts_old - all partitions, except those what will be created during isntallation `deleted - all partitions deleted in current proposal `kept - all partitions that won't be deleted, new created or formatted `destroyed - all partition which are new, deleted or formatted
- Return value:
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a list of strings
returns true if char is blank (newline, tab or space)
- Parameters:
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s single char string
- Return value:
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blank/non blank
removes trailing and leading blank chars from string. eg: " as df " -> "as df"
- Parameters:
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str string source string
- Return value:
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stripped string
replaces all occurences of 'from' to 'to' in src
- Parameters:
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src input string from string to be replaced to string to be replaced by
- Return value:
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modified string
convert string values from agent representation to module representation 1) if string is quoted, quotes are removed 2) if string contains escaped quotes, they're unescaped
- Parameters:
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val value to transform
- Return value:
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transformed value
returns list difference A \ B (items that are in A and are not in B)
- Parameters:
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a list A b list B
- Return value:
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see above
returns modified list where items index1 and index2 are swapped. if indices are out of bounds, unmodified list is returned.
- Parameters:
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input list index1 index of the first element index2 index og the second element
- Return value:
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modified list
translate filename path (eg. /boot/kernel) to list of device and relative path
- Parameters:
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fullpth string fileststem path (eg. /boot/vmlinuz)
- Return value:
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a list containing device and relative path, eg. ["/dev/hda1", "/vmlinuz"]
Get bootloader device for specified location FIXME: this function is being phased out. Keeping it around until selected_location and loader_device can be dropped for all bootloader types.
- Return value:
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device name
Get list of bootloader device names for all selected or specified locations
- Return value:
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device names
Check if the PBR of the given partition seems to contain a known boot block
- Parameters:
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device string partition device to check
- Return value:
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true if the PBR seems to contain a known boot block
Check if installation to floppy is performed
- Return value:
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true if installing bootloader to floppy
Get the list of particular kernel parameters
- Parameters:
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line string the whole kernel command line
- Return value:
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a list of the kernel parameters split each separaterlly
get kernel parameter from kernel command line
- Parameters:
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line string original line key string parameter key
- Return value:
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value, "false" if not present, "true" if present key without value
set kernel parameter to GRUB command line
- Parameters:
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key string parameter key line string original line value string value, "false" to remove key, "true" to add key without value
- Return value:
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new kernel command line
Get partition which should be activated if doing it during bl inst.
- Parameters:
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boot_partition string the partition holding /boot subtree loader_device string the device to install bootloader to
- Return value:
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a map $[ "dev" : string, "mbr": string, "num": any] containing device (eg. "/dev/hda4"), disk (eg. "/dev/hda") and partition number (eg. 4)
Get a list of partitions to activate if user wants to activate boot partition
- Return value:
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a list of partitions to activate
Get the list of MBR disks that should be rewritten by generic code if user wants to do so
- Return value:
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a list of device names to be rewritten
Get last change time of file
- Parameters:
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filename string name of file
- Return value:
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last change date as YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
Save current MBR to /boot/backup_mbr Also save to /var/lib/YaST2/backup_boot_sectors/%device, if some existing, rename it
- Parameters:
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device string name of device
Update contents of MBR (active partition and booting code) FIXME move tis function to lilolike.ycp
- Return value:
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true on success
Rewrite current MBR with /var/lib/YaST2/backup_boot_sectors/%device Warning!!! don't use for bootsectors, 440 bytes of sector are written
- Parameters:
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device string device to rewrite MBR to
- Return value:
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true on success
Translate device name to major/minor number
- Parameters:
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device string
- Return value:
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major*256+minor hexadecimal without leading 0x, in case of any fail return unchanged device node
Update kernel parameters if some were added in Kernel module
- Parameters:
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orig original kernel parameters or kernel command line
- Return value:
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kernel command line or parameters with added new parameters
Get map of swap partitions
- Return value:
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a map where key is partition name and value its size
Create translated name of a section
- Parameters:
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orig string original section name
- Return value:
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translated section name
Check if device is MBR of a disk
- Parameters:
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device string device to check
- Return value:
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true if is MBR
Add '(MBR)' to the disk description if it is a MBR of some partition
- Parameters:
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descr string disk description device string disk device
- Return value:
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updated description
Update the Kernel::vgaType value to the saved one if not defined
Get additional kernel parameters
- Return value:
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additional kernel parameters
Get additional kernel parameters from control file
- Return value:
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additional kernel parameters
Get additional kernel parameters splitted to a list
- Return value:
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a list of additional kernel parameters
Update graphical bootloader to contain help text of current language And make the selected installation language default
- Return value:
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true on success
Update device name according to changes in kernel (eg. SATA)
- Parameters:
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device string the original device name
- Return value:
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updated device
Check if memtest86 is present
- Return value:
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true if memtest86 section is to be proposed
Check if the bootloader can be installed at all with current configuration
- Return value:
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true if it can
Function return boot disk device with udev id name
- Return value:
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name of boot disk like udev id
Function handle console from sections write it to sysconfig if it used
- Parameters:
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console
- Return value:
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console value
Function handle measure from sections write it to sysconfig if it used
- Parameters:
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measure
- Return value:
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measure split with ":"
Function return absolute value of arg
- Parameters:
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value
- Return value:
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absolute value
Fuction delete " " on the beginning of string
- Parameters:
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temp
Function return boot device it means return boot partition or root partition if boot partition deosn't exist function return "" if boot partition or root partition is not defined (autoyast)
- Return value:
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name of boot device (partition)