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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:17:40
Message-Id: 20190709171723.tc4rzcsr6z2uvzwq@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation by Grant Edwards
1 On 2019-07-05 14:25, Grant Edwards wrote:
2
3 > -----------------------------grub.cfg------------------------------
4 > timeout=10
5 > root=hd0,1
6 >
7 > menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo' {
8 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.52-gentoo root=/dev/sda1
9 > }
10 >
11 > menuentry 'vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo' {
12 > linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.83-gentoo root=/dev/sda1
13 > }
14 > -------------------------------------------------------------------
15 >
16 > I shudder when I contrast that with many hundreds of lines of cruft
17 > that the mkconfig system would generate.
18
19 This is an overstatement
20
21 matica!2 ~$ wc -l /boot/grub/grub.cfg
22 148 /boot/grub/grub.cfg
23
24 2 kernels, no initrd, just like yourself.
25
26 Maybe you do need to take a look at /etc/default/grub ?
27
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30 if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup.
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[gentoo-user] Re: Human configurable boot loader, OR useful grub2 documentation Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>