[Bug 188445] Review Request: bootconf

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Summary: Review Request: bootconf


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188445





------- Additional Comments From mrsam at courier-mta.com  2006-05-12 18:44 EST -------
<< why the tools out there aren't already doing the job. >>

Neither grubby, nor booty, based on my cursory overview, allows a non-technical
person to set common kernel boot options without mucking around with the command
line, making a typo, and hosing himself.

grubby isn't in base, or Extras.  I installed booty.  Where's the GUI, that will
let me choose to enable or disable the VESA framebuffer, or enable/disable the
boot verbosity?

It's possible that I missed it, but I wasn't able to find a convenient GUI
interface for setting kernel boot options.

As far as why those three -- it's because these three are the most common
options that someone might need to adjust.

<<< While the 3 arguments in question are fairly harmless, in general kernel
parameter customization should affect a selected kernel or a selected list of
kernels, not every kernel.  From running the GUI, that intended behavior is not
obvious. >>>

The intended audience is not a technical IT developer, who needs to screw around
with different kernels and options.  The intended audience is a NON-TECHNICAL,
desktop user who wants to adjust common, global, boot parameters.


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