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From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 02:26:44
Message-Id: CAOdo=SyG=nPOqeH64ArbM_8WPmj7gJbKtvqDvan3-2qx_KnuNg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Sunday 02 November 2014 18:05:29 Tom H wrote:
3 >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Peter Humphrey
4 >>>
5 >>> My grub-0.99 lets me choose from four kernels and two or three run
6 > levels
7 >>> at boot time, and grub-2 can't handle this yet, or it couldn't the last
8 >>> time I checked. I don't suggest that everyone has a similar need, but at
9 >>> least in some cases the old grub does still have a place.
10 >>
11 >> You can edit "/etc/grub.d/10_linux" to add more than the regular and
12 >> the recovery entries.
13 >>
14 >> You can also "chmod -x" the files in "/etc/grub.d/*" and create manual
15 >> entries in 40_custom (and keep it executable!).
16 >
17 > Seems like there are more ways to skin the cat than I could shake a stick at
18 > (apologies for the mixed metaphors).
19
20 :)
21
22 Ideally there'd be an option to set "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_EXTRA1",
23 "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_EXTRA2", ... in "/etc/default/grub" to generate
24 extra entries.