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On Monday 27 Jan 2014 16:04:44 I wrote: |
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> On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:42:54 Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 21:28:55 I wrote: |
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> > > On Sunday 26 Jan 2014 20:13:58 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > > > Uncomment this line in /etc/default/grub |
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> > > > |
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> > > > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console |
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> > > |
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> > > Thanks, but I'm using a manually written grub.cfg, so I need to find out |
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> > > what that definition translates to. I'm searching now... |
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> > |
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> > It was easier than I expected (I hope). I just had to add two lines to |
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> > |
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> > grub.cfg: |
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> > terminal_input console |
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> > terminal_output console |
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> > |
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> > Mike G had suggested gfxterm for terminal_output, so I just changed it and |
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> > added terminal_input. I'll test it next time I boot. |
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> |
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> Nope. Now I'm back to @ signs in place of the border, with the text still at |
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> the original size needing a magnifying glass (well, I do these days). |
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I had to remove the line "insmod all_video" from grub.cfg as well. Now I get the |
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good old-fashioned 80x24 line VGA console and I can read the list of boot images. |
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For posterity, here's my /boot/grub/grub.cfg: |
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root=(hd0,msdos1) |
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timeout=10 |
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default=0 |
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fallback=3 |
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color_normal=white/blue |
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color_highlight=black/light-gray |
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background_image /grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no X" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.25, no network" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.25-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no X" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-x net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Gentoo Linux 3.10.17, no network" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.17-gentoo root=/dev/md5 softlevel=no-net net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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menuentry "Memtest86+" { |
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linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest86+-4.20.bin |
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} |
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menuentry "Rescue System 3.10.7-r1" { |
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linux /boot/kernel-x86_64-3.10.7-r1-gentoo-rescue root=/dev/sda8 net.ifnames=0 |
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} |
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Regards |
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Peter |