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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 likely |
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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 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 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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> Grub2 can do that in at least three different ways. You can write a 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 in that |
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> directory that creates menu entries with each set of options for 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 as it's |
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going to need a whole new chapter of learning on my part, I think I'll put off |
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doing it for a while. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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