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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:57:29
Message-Id: 20150828005715.6527247e@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub1: Cant ? Re: keeping grub 1 by Michel Catudal
1 On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:17:46 -0400, Michel Catudal wrote:
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3 > I don't care for the automatic ways of grub2, I prefer to edit the boot
4 > file by hand and have a nice command line screen.
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6 As you can with GRUB2. grub-mkconfig is a convenience, mainly for
7 providers of binary distros so they can update the boot menu when
8 installing a new kernel package.
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10 The info pages document the config file and how to edit it manually.
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12 > With grub1 you just
13 > tell it what type of display you want.
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15 As you do with GRUB2, just read the docs.
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19 Neil Bothwick
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