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On 1 November 2014 11:19:58 WET, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Friday 31 October 2014 20:26:57 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On 31 October 2014 16:16:33 WET, Peter Humphrey |
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> <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > > On Friday 31 October 2014 15:09:26 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > > > I've got a few systems where grub1 doesn't work. This is more |
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> likely |
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> > > |
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> > > caused |
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> > > |
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> > > > by some changes in used filesystems instead of any other cause. |
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> > > > If I really wanted to, I might get it to work, but I don't see |
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> the |
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> > > |
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> > > point in |
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> > > |
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> > > > spending time on this. |
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> > > > Grub starts the boot process and then, afaik, disappears. |
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> > > > Which is sufficient for me. |
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> > > |
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> > > My grub-0.99 lets me choose from four kernels and two or three run |
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> > > levels at |
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> > > boot time, and grub-2 can't handle this yet, or it couldn't the |
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> last |
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> > > time I |
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> > > checked. I don't suggest that everyone has a similar need, but at |
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> > > least in |
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> > > some cases the old grub does still have a place. |
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> > |
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> > Grub2 can do that in at least three different ways. You can write a |
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> complete |
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> > manual configuration, just like with 0.9,you can put a manual custom |
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> > configuration in /etc/grub.d or you can put a simple she'll script |
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> in that |
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> > directory that creates menu entries with each set of options for |
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> each |
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> > kernel in /boot. |
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> > |
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> > None of these options are any more complex than creating a grub 0 |
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> > configuration by hand. |
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> Well, it looks as though grub-2 has grown since I looked into it, but |
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> as it's |
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> going to need a whole new chapter of learning on my part, I think I'll |
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> put off |
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> doing it for a while. |
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> -- |
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> Rgds |
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> Peter |
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That makes perfect sense. I still have systems using the old grub. It works so why mess with it? However, I may give gummiboot a whirl, especially as UEFI let's your multiple bootloader. |
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One useful feature for me is that grub2 will boot from an ISO image, I always keep system rescue cd image in /boot. |
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