Bug#416128: grub: kopt_x_y_z + _A

[David Maslen]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-23
Severity: wishlist
 
I have debian AMD64 install and want to have a seperate partion for
debian 32, which both distributions sharing a smaller ext3 boot
partion.

Unfortunately the different kernels assign the sata drives in a
different order, so with one my root directory in /dev/sdc3 and on the
other it's /dev/sde3.

I wanted to use the grub kopts line to customise for the diferent
architectures.

trinity:/home/dmm# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz
Found kernel: /vmlinuz.old
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.20-9-generic
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-k7
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-486
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-amd64
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.8-12-amd64-generic.orig
Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

kopt_x_y_z with a extra variable to identify the architecture
ie. amd64 or k7.

Doesn't seem to support it. Hence a wishlist bug report.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=POSIX (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

-- no debconf information